COMMANDANT'S ANNUAL REPORT 1962 --- 1963 The Judge Advocate General's School United States Army Charlottesville, Virginia FOREWORD The Commandant's Annual Report for Fiscal Year 1963 marks the second in a series of annual records of the activities of The Judge Advocate General's School. This report, like that of the ~naugural issue published last year, has a three-fold purpose: 1. To summarize the operations of the School during the past fiscal year. z. To preserve in printed form a record of the School and its staff and faculty, students, and enlisted personneL 3. To describe the various courses of instruction offered at the School. JOHN F. T. MURRAY Colonel, JAGC Commandant COMMANDANT'S ANNUAL REPORT FISCAL YEAR 1963 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Section I -The Judge Advocate General's School Today ................................................................... 1 Mission ....................................................................... 1 History ....................................................................... 3 Section II -Organization of The Judge Advocate General's School ...................................... ~.......... 4 Academic Department ............................................. 4 Nonresident Training Department ....................... 4 Plans and Publications Department ....................... 4 Office of School Secretary....................................... 6 Board of Visitors ....................................................... 6 Section III -Academic Activities ..................................................... 8 Judge Advocate Officer Career Course ................. 10 Judge Advocate General (Special) Course ........... 14 Procurement Law Course ....................................... 17 Military Justice Course ........................................... 19 International Law Course ....................................... 19 Civil Law Course ....................................................... 19 Civil Affairs Law Course ....................................... 20 Military Affairs Course ........................................... 20 Contract Termination Law Course ....................... 21 Law Officer Seminar ..............................._............... 22 Judge Advocate Officer Refresher (Reserve Component) Course ........................ 22 Guest Speaker Program ............................................ 22 Text Preparation Program ..................................... 23 Section IV ...,..Nonresident Legal Training Programs In General .........................................................._........ 24 Training Programs Available to Judge Advocate Reservists ........................................... 26 USAR'School Judge Advocate Officer Career Course ..................................................... 26 Judge Advocate Officer Career Extension Course ................................................................. 26 Judge Advocate Officer Career (Reserve Component) Course ......................................... 27 USAR School Judge Advocate Reserve New Developments Course ............................... 27 iii Judge Advocate Army Extension Course Program ______________________________________________________ --- ______ 28 Continuing Legal Education ___________________ .. _______________ 29 Liasion Visits ______________________________________________________ -______ 29 Career Management _________________________________________________ 30 Section V -Plans and Publications ________________________________________________ 33 In General ____________________________ :______________________________________ 33 Publications _______________________________________________________________ 33 Training Films _________________________________________________________ 38 Instruction in Army Service Schools _____________________ 38 Special Activities _______________________________________________________ 39 Section VI -Administration _______________________________________________ _______________ 41 In General _________________________________________________ .__._____________ 41 Facilities of the School ___________________________ ._______________ 41 Quarters ._ .. _._ ... _.... _. ___________._ ... _........ ________ ... _. __ ......... _____ 43 Messing .. _.. __ .. __________ ........_........_._ .. _____ .. __ ._ .. _. __ ... _. _______ . 43 Officer's Open Mess ______ .. ___ ._._ .... _.. _.. __ ._______ ._._. ________ ._. 43 Bookstore ______ .._..._.. _.. ___ ._ .. _____ .._.......... _._. ____ .___ ._____ ._ .. _. '44 Logistical Support ._____ .._.... _._ .. _.. ___ .. _.. __ ... __ .___ ...... _. __ ._. 44 Adjutant and Personnel Offices ._._.. _.. __ ._ .... __ ._______ 44 Medical and Dental Facilities ._ .... __ .___________________ .. 46 Athletic Facilities _. _____ .__ .. _. ___ ._____ .____ ..... _.... ___________ .____ . 46 The Alumni Association ___ ._ .......... _. __ .. ____ ...... _._._ .. __ . 46 Section VI I -Appendices .. _._. ________ .. _. _________ .__ ._ ... _____ .. __ ... __ ._ ... ____________ ._. 47 Appendix I (Organizational Chart of School) ._. _______ ...... __________ .... _.. ___ ....... ___ .. ______ .___ . 47 Appendix II (Organizational Roster of School) .. _... _. __ .___ ... _.. _______ .__ .... _... __ .__ ._____ .. __ ._. ___ 48 Appendix III (Changes in Officer Personnel, FY 1963) __ ..... ______ .____ .. __ .___ ._______ .. _.. 50 Appendix IV (Background Statements of Officer Personnel) _____ ._____ .. ______ .... _... __ ._._ .. ______ . 52 Appendix V (FY 1963 Course Cycle Chart) .. _____ ... _.. __ .__ ....:_. ______ .___ ._ ...... _.... ________ .__ ._ .. _. 62 Appendix VI (Resident Students, FY 1963) .. ____ .... _.. __ .._..... _.. _.... ______ ............. ___ .____ ... 63 Appendix VII (FY 1964 Course Cycle Chart) __ ... _._ .. _. __ ...._.. ___ ..... _.. _._ ..._... __ .._.... _... _.. ______ . 64 Appendix VIII (Thesis Topics) ._ ... __ .... ___________ ..... 65 Appendix IX (Awards) .____ ....... _._ .....__ .._.. _.... _.. _. __ ._. 70 Appendix X (Guest Speakers) _........ __ .. ______ ._________ .. 72 Apendix XI (Text Book Program) ...... _____ ....._.. _. 78 iv THE JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL'S SCHOOL TODAY MISSION The Army lawyer of today is a carefully selected and highly train" ed specialist in military law. Not merely a lawyer, he receives in­ tensive training on a graduate law school level in many aspects of military law before he begins his military law practice. Training the modern Army lawyer is the function of The Judge Advocate General's School, located at Charlottesville, Virginia. The Judge Advocate General's School, located on the Grounds of the University of Virginia opposite the Law School, is the Army's military law center. It is an approved law school rated by the Amer­ ican Bar Association inspectors as offering the highest quality spec­ ialized graduate program in law to be found in America, and pro­ vides a graduate law school atmosphere where the modern Army lawyer is professionally trained in the many aspects of military law. The School's function is to orient the Army lawyer in the funda­ mentals of military law, to keep his training current, and to give him specialized legal training on an advanced level. As a military law center, it attaches considerable importance to its research and publications, including texts and case books, as well as several legal periodicals. The Judge Advocate General's School operates on a year-round basis. Over 6,700 students have graduated from courses offered at the School in its 12 years of operation; during Fiscal Year 1963, 760 students were graduated from courses offered at the School. Classes are held in the University of Virginia Law School, where many of the JAG School faculty maintain their offices. There, in the Law School, the JAG students can avail themselves of the largest law library in the South. All newly commissioned officers III the Judge Advocate General's Corps receive an introductory course at the JAG School. This 10­ weeks' course is designed to train these newly commissioned law­ yers in the fundamentals of military law and prepare them to ad­ vise the commander.and his staff on legal problems, to perform the duties of trial and defense counsel before general courts-martial, to review reports of investigations and cases tried· before summary and special courts-martial, and to give legal assistance to servicemen. The course includes instruction on military justice, military ad­ ministrative law, claims, procurement law, military science, civil and 1 international law, and staff judge advocate operations. Two such courses are held each year, one in the fall and one in the spring. These students come from all over the United States, and from allied nations. They bring to their classes their varied experiences as citizens and lawyers, and the training of many different law schools. Upon their graduation, they are assigned to military posts throughout the United States, to such places as San Francisco, Chi­ cago, San Antonio, New York City, Washington, and to stations in such foreign countries as France, Korea, Iran, and Ethiopia. Outstanding career military lawyers return to the JAG School for a nine-month course in military law. This course is similar to the law schools' master programs. The student is thoroughly immersed in the many subjects of import to the military: legal history, juris­ prudence, admiralty, military justice, military administrative law, procurement law, international law, comparative law, claims, civil affairs, legal assistance, military