U.S. ARMY RESERVE LEGAL COMMAND

Gaithersburg, Maryland

LEGAL SUPPORT REQUESTS

IS THIS FOR YOU?
We provide Legal Support Requests (LSR) to Army Reserve operational, functional, support and training commands, staff judge advocates, legal advisors, institutions, and agencies through 28 Legal Operations Detachments (LODs) across the United States.

Are you a Soldier in need of assistance? Please refer to our legal assistance page for more answers.

LOD Judge Advocates (JAs) balance their civilian occupations with required individual and unit training.

Consequently, mission support is subject to availability of legal resources.

Types of legal support we offer:

  • Soldier Readiness Programs (SRP), 
  • Yellow Ribbon events
  • Annual and specialized legal briefings, separation and elimination board recorders, 
  • Investigating officers, legal advisors 
  • Article 32 preliminary hearing officers
  • Special Victim Counsel
  • Support to OTJAG, TJAGLCS, USALSA, PP&TO, COCOMS (CONUS and OCONUS)
  • Active Army installations, and various federal agencies

MAKING A LEGAL SUPPORT REQUEST (LSR):
Before proceeding to the form, please read to fully understand how to make a Legal Support Request.

FUNDING:

  • Legal Support Requests are subject to the availability of funds and constrained by the statutory limitations of annual training. 
  • Missions requiring more than 29 days will not be processed as LSR. Force Requestor (FR) will need to contact the USAR Legal Command Mob Team at: usarmy.usarc.usar-legal-cmd.mbx.g33-mob-ops@army.mil.
  • IAW USARLC Travel Policy, USARLC may fund duty days when sourced by LOD within allowable commuting distance of requested duty location.
  • Generally, FR are expected to pay travel and per diem.

SUSPENSE:

  • Please complete submit your request no later than 30 DAYS IN ADVANCE of the requested mission date.
       **This includes requests for routine, specialized, and institutional, agency, and intermediate-term Legal Support Request. 
  • Requests submitted less than 30 days are considered untimely and may not be filled.

CLICK LINK BELOW TO SUBMIT YOUR REQUEST: 

Legal Support Request Form

WHAT TYPE OF SUPPORT DO YOU REQUIRE?

1. ROUTINE LEGAL SUPPORT REQUEST:
For SRPs (briefings, estate planning, POAs, etc.), Yellow Ribbon support, routine or specialized legal briefings (military justice, Law of War, ethics, etc.) complete the Legal Support Request Form.

2. SPECIALIZED LEGAL SUPPORT REQUEST:
Reserve and active component OSJAs and legal offices requesting specialized legal support (i.e. elimination or separation board recorders, investigating officers, legal advisors, Article 32 preliminary hearing officers, Special Victim Counsel, etc.) complete the Legal Support Request Form.

3. INTERMEDIATE-TERM LEGAL SUPPORT / INSTITUTIONAL / AGENCY:
Requests for RC and AC intermediate-term legal support (14-29 consecutive days in length), Institutional (OTJAG, TJAGLCS, USALSA, PPTO, etc.) and outside federal agency (DIILS, DLA, DSCA, etc.) complete the Legal Support Request Form.

4. LONG-TERM LEGAL SUPPORT: 
Requests from USAR Force Requesters (FR) for long-term legal support (29+ consecutive days in length) will be funded by the FR. USAR FR will pay duty days, travel and per diem. All USAR OFTS requests should be submitted through this website. Long-Term Legal Support Request for 29+ days from a non-USAR FR (i.e. active component, agencies, institutions, etc.) should be directed to USARLC's Mobilization Operations at usarmy.usarc.usar-legal-cmd.mbx.g33-mob@army.mil.

If you are unable to submit a Legal Support Request Form or if you have any questions regarding Legal Support Requests, please contact USARLC's G-3 Operations at usarmy.usarc.usar-legal-cmd.mbx.ops-g3@army.mil.

PERSONAL LEGAL SERVICES

Individual Soldiers who desire personal legal assistance services (personal Judge Advocate attorney advice on military and civilian matters) should go to:
Requests for Legal Assistance »