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4421 - Legal Services Specialist

Summary

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, LSST, or OSJA.

Typical duties include research, preparation and typing of general correspondence, forms, reports, wills, powers of attorney, and other documents dealing with legal and quasi-legal 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.

The Legal Services Chief is the active liaison between the command dealing with enlisted policy and duty assignments and advisor to the judge advocates with regard to enlisted instruction and supervision.

Selected Marines may attend follow-on training at the Legal Services Court Reporter Course.

Prerequisites

Must be U.S.

citizen.

Must be a high school graduate or have obtained a GED.

Security requirement: secret security clearance eligibility.

Must possess a CL score of 110 (not waiverable) and GT score of 105 or higher (waiverable to 102).

Marines requesting lateral move must meet the prerequisites for PMOS 4421 and NMOS 4422.

Must have received no NJPs or been convicted by courts-martial or civilian court for any offense involving controlled substances, nor convicted by courts-martial or civilian court for any offense involving moral turpitude.

Requirements

Demonstrate a typing proficiency of 25 words per minute and complete that Legal Services Specialist Course (N0558X1).

Marines assigned to OccFld 44 through recruit accession or lateral move are required to attend the formal Legal Services Specialist Course (N0558X1) at Naval Justice School, Naval Station, Newport, RI.

Upon completion of this course, MOS 4421 is assigned.

MOJT for MOS 4421 not authorized.

POI CID

N0558X1

Duties

For a complete listing of duties and tasks, refer to reference (bh), Legal Services Training and Readiness Manual.

Related SOC Title & Code

Law Clerks 23-2092.

Legal Secretaries 43-6012.

Paralegals and Legal Assistants 23-2011.

Administrative Specialist, 0111.