United States Marine Corps (USMC)
Officer Job Descriptions
MOS 9688, Master of Law (General)
a. Summary. Masters of administrative and civil law, military law, or other areas not recognized in the 968X series MOS provide specialized skill in a variety of civilian and military law areas.
b. Requirements/Prerequisites
(1) Must be a judge advocate (MOS 4402) with a Master of Law degree (LL.M.) from either the specialty program in Administrative and Civil Law or the general studies Military Law program in the graduate course at The Judge Advocate General's School, Army or from an American Bar Association accredited program at a civilian institution not specifically recognized in the 968X Master of Law MOS.
(2) Must possess the 4402 MOS and meet all qualifications thereunto pertaining.
c. Duties
(1) Judge advocates with a Master of Law degree in administrative and civil law and military law serve in a wide variety of middle manager billets throughout the Marine Corps. As majors they provide senior judge advocates with a highly skilled officer prepared for duty as a deputy staff judge advocate or officer in charge of any section within an office involved in the practice of law.
(2) May serve in any other MOS 4402 billet.
d. Related DOT Classification/DOT Code. Lawyer 110.107-010.
Information Derived From MCO P1200.7V Part 1. Current as of Nov 00
