PLC Law Program

PLC-Law is the largest commissioning source for Marine Corps judge advocates and is the main effort of the MCRC law recruiting mission. The PLC-Law Program offers prospective Marine Corps judge advocates the opportunity to earn their commission as Marine Corps Officers upon meeting certain initial eligibility and training requirements, but prior to completing their law school degree and obtaining a license to practice law. The desired end state of this program is the recruitment of the most mentally, morally, and physically qualified prospective Marine Corps judge advocates.

The key to achieving this end state is the development of a robust pool of officers who commission in law school and receive mentorship and on-the-job training opportunities before and after accession to active duty and before execution of orders to The Basic School (TBS).

Administration of the PLC-Law Program will include coordination of the PLC-Law Mentorship Initiative, Summer, Post-Bar Examination, and Pre-TBS Internship Initiatives, and requests for delay of accession to active duty in order to complete a one-year Master of Laws program or a one-year judicial clerkship.

Program Manager Updates

15 November 2021

All informational updates to the pool of commissioned Student Judge Advocates awaiting accession to active duty will posted on our LinkedIn page. If you are a commissioned Student Judge Advocate, please request access to the group in order to receive updates. Additionally, you can contact the Program Manager at the points of contact listed.

Revised editions of FROST Calls 021-20 and 022-20 will be published by February 2022, and will provide application guidelines for FY22 Summer and Post-Bar internships.

TBS Class dates are:

  Alpha Company, 1-22, 4 October 2021

  Bravo Company, 2-22, 22 November 2021

  Charlie Company, 3-22, 7 March 2022

  Delta Company, 4-22, 2 May 2022

  Echo Company, 5-22, 6 June 2022

  Fox Company, 6-22, 25 July 2022

  Golf Company, 7-22, 6 September 2022