Sec. 542. EFFECTIVE PROSECUTION AND DEFENSE IN COURTS-MARTIAL AND PILOT PROGRAMS ON PROFESSIONAL MILITARY JUSTICE DEVELOPMENT FOR JUDGE ADVOCATES
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## SEC. 542 EFFECTIVE PROSECUTION AND DEFENSE IN COURTS-MARTIAL AND PILOT PROGRAMS ON PROFESSIONAL MILITARY JUSTICE DEVELOPMENT FOR JUDGE ADVOCATES **[**[10 U.S.C. 827 note](/us/usc/t10/s827)**]** ###
(a)Program for Effective Prosecution and Defense The Secretary concerned shall carry out a program to ensure that— ####
(1)trial counsel and defense counsel detailed to prosecute or defend a court-martial have sufficient experience and knowledge to effectively prosecute or defend the case or there is adequate supervision and oversight of trial counsel and defense counsel so detailed to ensure effective prosecution and defense in the court-martial; and ####
(2)a deliberate professional developmental process is in place to ensure effective prosecution and defense in all courts-martial. ###
(b)Military Justice Experience Designators or Skill Identifiers The Secretary concerned shall establish and use a system of military justice experience designators or skill identifiers for purposes of identifying judge advocates with skill and experience in military justice proceedings in order to ensure that judge advocates with experience and skills identified through such experience designators or skill identifiers are assigned to develop less experienced judge advocates in the prosecution and defense in courts-martial under a program carried out pursuant to subsection (a). ###
(c)Use of Civilian Employees to Advise Less Experienced Judge Advocates in Prosecution and Defense The Secretary concerned may use highly qualified experts and other civilian employees who are under the jurisdiction of the Secretary concerned, are available, and are experienced in the prosecution or defense of complex criminal cases to provide assistance to, and consult with, less experienced judge advocates throughout the court-martial process. ###
(d)Pilot Programs on Professional Developmental Process for Judge Advocates ####
(1)Purpose The Secretary concerned shall carry out a pilot program to assess the feasibility and advisability of a military justice career track for judge advocates under the jurisdiction of the Secretary. ####
(2)Additional matters A pilot program may also assess such other matters related to professional military justice development for judge advocates as the Secretary concerned considers appropriate. ####
(3)Duration Each pilot program shall be for a period of five years. ####
(4)Elements Each pilot program shall include the following: #####
(A)A military justice career track for judge advocates that leads to judge advocates with military justice expertise in the grade of colonel, or in the grade of captain in the case of judge advocates of the Navy. #####
(B)The use of skill identifiers to identify judge advocates for participation in the pilot program from among judge advocates having appropriate skill and experience in military justice matters. #####
(C)Guidance for promotion boards considering the selection for promotion of officers participating in the pilot program in order to ensure that judge advocates who are participating in the pilot program have the same opportunity for promotion as all other judge advocate officers being considered for promotion by such boards. #####
(D)Such other matters as the Secretary concerned considers appropriate. ####
(5)Report Not later than four years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary concerned shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the pilot programs conducted under this section. The report shall include the following: #####
(A)A description and assessment of each pilot program. #####
(B)Such recommendations as the Secretary considers appropriate in light of the pilot programs, including whether any pilot program should be extended or made permanent. ###
(e)Secretary Concerned Defined In this section, the term “Secretary concerned” has the meaning given that term in section 101(a)(9) of title 10, United States Code.
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Sec. 542
EFFECTIVE PROSECUTION AND DEFENSE IN COURTS-MARTIAL AND PILOT PROGRAMS ON PROFESSIONAL MILITARY JUSTICE DEVELOPMENT FOR JUDGE ADVOCATES
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