Educational institution of the United States Navy
The Naval Justice School (NJS ) is an educational institution of the
United States Navy whose mission is to instruct
Navy ,
Marine Corps , and
Coast Guard officers and enlisted personnel in the fundamental principles of
military justice , civil and administrative law, and procedure. In addition to being licensed attorneys in any state or territory of the U.S., all attorneys in the
Judge Advocate General's Corps must undergo training either in this institution, or in the complementary institutions of the
United States Army and the
United States Air Force , allowing them to act as trial or defense counsel at military courts-martial.
The Naval Justice School was founded in 1946 at
Port Hueneme, California and moved to
Newport, Rhode Island in 1950. It has additional campuses in
Norfolk, Virginia and
San Diego, California and a branch office in
Charlottesville, Virginia . Beginning in 1990, the institution also began instructing U.S. civilians and foreign government officials in
human rights law.
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Notable alumni
Ivan Abrams, Deputy County Attorney for Mendocino County, California, and long-time international rule-of-law consultant for USAID
Russell A. Anderson , Chief Justice of Minnesota Supreme Court
Duane Benton , Judge of United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
A. Jay Cristol , Judge of the United States Court for the Southern District of Florida
Ron DeSantis , Governor of Florida
John M. Dowd , Special Counsel to
MLB , Special Counsel to the
Special Counsel investigation
William Benner Enright , Judge of United States District Court for the Southern District of California
James Knoll Gardner Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Robert Gammage , Associate Justice of Texas Supreme Court
Gary Hart , U.S. Senator from Colorado
Robert Dixon Herman , Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
Philip A. Holloway , attorney and nationally recognized legal analyst
Adam Laxalt , Attorney General of Nevada
Steven Paul Logan , Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona
James E. McPherson , United States Under Secretary of the Army
Matt Michels , Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota
Kenneth Francis Ripple , Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Mark Salter , Associate Justice of South Dakota Supreme Court
Matthew T. Schelp , Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
Peter G. Strasser , U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana
Charles Stimson , Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Detainee Affairs
Edward G. Smith , Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Jay Town , U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama
Fictional alumni
See also
References
^ D. Michael Hinkley, "Military Training for Human Rights and Democratization" in George J. Andreopoulos and Richard Pierre Claude, Human rights education for the twenty-first century (1997), p. 296-308.
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