FEDERATION DEPARTMENT OF STATE FILE
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Starfleet Judge Advocate General (JAG)
The Starfleet Judge Advocate General Corps
(JAG corps) is responsible for providing
legal services to members of the Starfleet
Navy, and Starfleet Marine corps. The JAG
corps provides legal advice to members of
these services, and provides defending and
prosecuting attorneys during court procedures,
as well as judges. The planet based facilities
provide its officers with quick access to
the Federation Council in San Francisco,
the legislative council in Paris and Starbase
1 in orbit of Earth. The Starfleet Judge
Advocate General Corps conducts all investigations
into all crimes that its members prosecute
and defend, and most attorneys are
also qualified to work as investigators.
The JAG corps works closely with the I-7
investigations division, whom assist the
JAG corps in many of their investigations.
The JAG corps also provides legal specialists
to the Federation who act as ambassadors
and diplomats, and assist in interpreting
interstellar and other stellar alliances
laws. While the Federation has its
own diplomatic corps JAG officers provide
valuable support to them. Senior JAG officers
often go on to become judges and arbitrators,
who are responsible for proceeding over court
hearings and setting down rulings over
court cases.
JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL'S CORPS
Throughout Starfleet's history, a single
legal organization has prevailed, pursuing
and achieving justice in military courts
of law. This organization is the Judge Advocate
General's, or JAG, Corps. Based out of Starfleet's
JAG offices on Earth, the fleet's JAGs are
responsible for the investigation, prosecution,
and defense of the men and women enlisted
in Starfleet. In addition, they practice
interplanetary, operation, labor, contract,
environmental, tort, and administrative law.
In addition, Starfleet Judge Advocates assist
in the development and ratification of treaties
and act as legal advisors to members of the
admiralty. Each JAG officer is responsible
for a certain group of individuals, or sphere
of influence, in Starfleet.
Be that sphere of influence a vessel, base,
planet, or branch, all Starfleet JAGs report
to the sector JAG officers and to the Branch
Admiral. JAG Commander is the command authority
of the JAG Corps and, as such, is responsible
for legal matters pertaining to Starfleet
Command or the fleet itself.