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FIELD 44, LEGAL SERVICES (2)

The legal service OccFld consists of MOS 4421. Legal Services Specialist/Reporter. Personnel in this MOS provide services required in the operational, managerial, legal, administrative, typing, clerical and courts-martial reporting/transcribing areas necessary for the proper functioning of a legal services support section (LSSS), Law Center, Office of the Staff Judge Advocate, or other agencies/commands in support of a Marine Judge Advocate. Marines entering the OccFld receive MOS 4400, Basic Legal Services Marine. Formal schooling is provided to all Marines entering the OccFld.

MOS 4421. Marines assigned to OccFld 44 through recruit accession or lateral move are required to attend the formal Legal Services Specialist Course at Naval Justice School, Naval Station, Newport, RI. Upon completion of this course, MOS 4421 is assigned. Marines may be selected to attend the Legal Services Court Reporter Course, for follow-on training and assignment
of necessary MOS 4422.

MOS 4422. Marines assigned the NMOS 4422 must first attend and complete the Legal Services Court Reporter Course at Naval Justice School, Naval Station, Newport, RI. This is an approximately 10 week course in closed mask capture and speech recognition transcription methods. Upon successful completion of the course, students will be sworn as official court
martial court reporters.

The appropriate command shall initiate action to void the MOS of any Marine in OccFld 44 who receives NJP or is convicted by a court-martial or civilian court for any offense involving drugs. Also, action shall be initiated to void the OccFld 44 MOS if convicted by courts-martial or civilian court for any offense involving controlled substances or for any
offense involving moral turpitude as defined in the reference (bn).

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MOS 4422, Legal Services Court Reporter

Written by Richard Morgan Published in FIELD 44, LEGAL SERVICES

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Legal services court reporters transcribe verbatim records of legal proceedings. Legal services court reporters serve as reporters to staff Judge Advocates of major base or station commands and to the officerin-charge of an LSSS that provides legal services support to a major Marine Forces command. Reporters record the proceedings of special and general courts-martial, formal investigations, administrative boards, staff meetings, and other similar bodies (hearings); and prepare or supervise preparation and assembly of typewritten, summarized or verbatim transcripts, and review records of proceedings for administrative completeness and technical accuracy.

MOS 4421, Legal Services Specialist

Written by Richard Morgan Published in FIELD 44, LEGAL SERVICES

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The legal services specialist MOS encompasses every facet of legal administration. General duties involve the legal operational, managerial, clerical and administrative duties incident to an LSSS, Law Center, or office of the Staff Judge Advocate. Typical duties include research, preparation and typing of general correspondence, forms, reports, wills, powers of attorney, and other documents dealing with legal and quasilegal matters; checking all completed work for typographic accuracy; maintaining office correspondence files, directives and publications; if senior in grade, will act as the legal services chief and senior enlisted advisor directly responsible to the OIC/SJA for the overall assignment, performance, training, counseling, morale, discipline and welfare of all enlisted personnel.