Naval Justice School
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The Naval Justice School is a post-secondary educational institution operated by the United States Navy, which trains lawyers in how to be Judge Advocates, and trains paralegals to assist them.[1] Students are all serving in the Navy, the United States Marine Corp, or the United States Coast Guard.
Its main campus is in Newport, Rhode Island.
In 1990 funding was provided to expand the School's mandate, to add a program to teach civilian officials Human Rights Law, after the Military Assistance Act of 1961 was amended..[2] New provisions of the act authorized training civilian officials who worked with foreign militaries about Human Rights Law.
References
- ↑ "GW Law Welcomes New Associate Dean for Academic Affairs". https://www2.gwu.edu/~magazine/archive/2009_law_winter/dept_lawbriefs.html. Retrieved 2022-12-16. "Following a distinguished, 23-year career as an attorney in the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General Corps, Charlotte Wise joined GW Law last spring as associate dean for academic affairs. A highly decorated Navy captain, Wise comes to GW straight from a tour as commanding officer of the Naval Justice School in Newport, R.I."
- ↑ "Human Rights Education for the Twenty-First Century". University of Pennsylvania Press. 1997. p. 297. ISBN 9780812216073. https://books.google.ca/books?id=wic7yv7axLEC&pg=PA296&dq=%22Military+Training+for+Human+Rights+and+Democratization%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjSk-6ek__7AhWtVN8KHQz8AKoQ6AF6BAgXEAI#v=onepage&q=Naval%20Justice&f=false. Retrieved 2022-12-16.
