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[CITE: 10USC2004]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                    PART III--TRAINING AND EDUCATION
 
                     CHAPTER 101--TRAINING GENERALLY
 
Sec. 2004. Detail of commissioned officers as students at law 
        schools
        
    (a) The Secretary of each military department may, under regulations 
prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, detail commissioned officers 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 
bachelor of laws or juris doctor. No more than twenty-five officers from 
each military department may commence such training in any single fiscal 
year.
    (b) To be eligible for detail under subsection (a), an officer must 
be a citizen of the United States and must--
        (1) have served on active duty for a period of not less than two 
    years nor more than six years and be in the pay grade O-3 or below 
    as of the time the training is to begin; and
        (2) sign an agreement that unless sooner separated he will--
            (A) complete the educational course of legal training;
            (B) accept transfer or detail as a judge advocate or law 
        specialist within the department concerned when his legal 
        training is completed; and
            (C) agree to serve on active duty following completion or 
        other termination of training for a period of two years for each 
        year or part thereof of his legal training under subsection (a).

    (c) Officers detailed for legal training under subsection (a) shall 
be selected on a competitive basis by the Secretary of the military 
department concerned, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of 
Defense. Any service obligation incurred by an officer under an 
agreement entered into under subsection (b) shall be in addition to any 
service obligation incurred by any such officer under any other 
provision of law or agreement.
    (d) Expenses incident to the detail of officers under this section 
shall be paid from any funds appropriated for the military department 
concerned.
    (e) An officer who, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of 
Defense, is dropped from the program of legal training authorized by 
subsection (a) for deficiency in conduct or studies, or for other 
reasons, may be required to perform active duty in an appropriate 
military capacity in accordance with the active duty obligation imposed 
by regulations issued by the Secretary of Defense, except that in no 
case shall any such member be required to serve on active duty for any 
period in excess of one year for each year or part thereof he 
participated in the program.
    (f) No agreement detailing any officer of the armed forces to an 
accredited law school may be entered into during any period that the 
President is authorized by law to induct persons into the armed forces 
involuntarily. Nothing in this subsection shall affect any agreement 
entered into during any period when the President is not authorized by 
law to so induct persons into the armed forces.

(Added Pub. L. 93-155, title VIII, Sec. 817(a), Nov. 16, 1973, 87 Stat. 
621; amended Pub. L. 101-510, div. A, title XIV, Sec. 1484(i)(3)(A), 
Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1718.)


                               Amendments

    1990--Pub. L. 101-510 struck out ``of the military departments'' 
after ``officers'' in section catchline.


    Selection of Officers in Missing Status for Legal Training on a 
       Noncompetitive Basis; Exemption From Numerical Limitations

    Pub. L. 94-106, title VIII, Sec. 821, Oct. 7, 1975, 89 Stat. 545, 
provided that: ``Notwithstanding any provision of section 2004 of title 
10 United States Code, an officer in any pay grade who was in a missing 
status (as defined in section 551(2) of title 37, United States Code) 
after August 4, 1964, and before May 8, 1975, may be selected for detail 
for legal training under that section 2004 on other than a competitive 
basis and, if selected for that training, is not counted in computing, 
for the purpose of subsection (a) of that section 2004, the number of 
officers who may commence that training in any single fiscal year. For 
the purposes of determining eligibility under that section 2004, the 
period of time during which an officer was in that missing status may be 
disregarded in computing the period he has served on active duty.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in title 37 section 321.
