Detail as students at law schools; commissioned officers; certain enlisted members

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Title 10—ARMED FORCES > Subtitle A—General Military Law > PART III—TRAINING AND EDUCATION > CHAPTER 101—TRAINING GENERALLY

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The Secretary of each military department may, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, detail commissioned officers and enlisted members of the armed forces as students at accredited law schools, located in the United States, for a period of training leading to the degree of juris doctor.

(Added Pub. L. 93–155, title VIII, § 817(a) , Nov. 16, 1973 , 87 Stat. 621 ; amended Pub. L. 101–510, div. A, title XIV, § 1484(i)(3)(A) , Nov. 5, 1990 , 104 Stat. 1718 ; Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title V, § 551(a) , (b)(1), Dec. 20, 2019 , 133 Stat. 1385 , 1386; Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title X, § 1081(a)(34) , Jan. 1, 2021 , 134 Stat. 3872 ; Pub. L. 118–159, div. A, title V, § 552(a) , Dec. 23, 2024 , 138 Stat. 1893 ; Pub. L. 119–60, div. A, title V, § 551 , Dec. 18, 2025 , 139 Stat. 876 .)

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