Fort Benning

U.S. Army Fort Benning and The Maneuver Center of Excellence

Office of the Staff Judge Advocate Site

Administrative Law Division

GENERAL LAW OVERVIEW

The attorneys assigned to the Administrative Law Division (Adlaw) serve as the legal advisors to the Maneuver Center of Excellence Commanding General, and the respective staffs, directorates, and subordinate brigades. Adlaw covers a wide range of non-personal (Legal Assistance) and non-criminal (Military Justice/TDS) topics. The support provided by Adlaw includes legal advice, legal reviews, briefings, training, and administrative hearings.

The following list, while not all inclusive, includes subjects most commonly handled by Administrative Law:

  • Administrative Investigations & Preliminary Inquiries (AR 15-6)
  • Administrative Reduction & Separation Boards
  • Article 64 / RCM 1112 Reviews
  • Boards of Inquiry (BOIs)
  • Conferences
  • Congressional Inquiries
  • Debarments
  • Driving Privilege Revocations
  • Ethics
  • Family Readiness Groups (FRGs)
  • Financial Liability Investigations of Property Loss (FLIPLs)
  • Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) & Privacy Act (PA) Requests
  • Gifts/Donations
  • Informal Funds
  • Internships
  • Line of Duty Determinations (LODs)
  • MILAIR/Travel
  • MRE 513 Reviews
  • Official Representation Funds (ORF)
  • Policy
  • Political Activities
  • Private Organizations (POs)
  • Religious Accommodations
  • Senior Leader Engagements/Speaking Requests
  • Shopping Revocations

Additionally, attorneys assigned to Administrative Law serve as Part Time Military Magistrates (PTMMs), Preliminary Hearing Officers (PHOs) for Article 32s, legal advisors for board presidents and investigating officers, administrative hearing officers for driving privilege revocations, and ethics counselors. The following list, while not all inclusive, includes subjects most commonly handled by Civil Law:

  • Anti-Harassment Inquiries
  • Contracts
  • Environmental
  • Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)
  • Ethics
  • Financial Disclosure
  • Fiscal
  • Housing
  • Labor and Employment
  • Post-Government Employment
  • Real Property
  • Reasonable Accommodations

Additionally, attorneys assigned to Civil Law also serve as labor counselors and ethics counselors.


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