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Area of law

Military & Veterans Law

Legal matters affecting service members and veterans.

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What this area covers

Military lawyers serve as judge advocates handling justice, operations and legal assistance. Veterans lawyers help former service members obtain benefits and correct their records.

Also called: JAG, Military Law, Veterans Benefits, Veterans Law.

Typical legal work

  • Prosecuting and defending courts-martial
  • Providing legal assistance to service members
  • Representing veterans in benefits claims

Where lawyers work

  • Judge Advocate General's Corps
  • Legal aid and public-interest organizations
  • Veterans service organizations

A setting is where you work; an area is what the work is about. The same area is practised in very different settings.

Schools with verified programs

A school is listed here only when its own website names a concentration, certificate, clinic, center or field placement in Military & Veterans Law. Schools are in alphabetical order. The list is not a ranking, and a school that is absent may still teach the subject.

33 schools · 34 clinics · 1 center or institute

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Program types counted as evidence: clinics, certificates, concentrations and specializations, centers and institutes, externships and field placements. Joint degrees and advanced degrees are described under Degrees & program types.

Sources

These references informed what the area covers. The description above is PreLaw Advisor’s own and does not reproduce their text.

  1. 1.American Bar Association. Standing Committee on Legal Assistance for Military Personnel (opens in a new tab) Retrieved Sep 2026.

Description reviewed Sep 2026. Each school program links to the page it was verified against.

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