WEBVTT 00:00.040 --> 00:01.040 Mhm . 00:18.140 --> 00:20.251 Judge advocates with an environmental 00:20.251 --> 00:22.362 law sub specialization provides legal 00:22.362 --> 00:24.418 advice , representation and training 00:24.418 --> 00:26.640 involving environmental and energy laws 00:26.640 --> 00:28.696 and policy issues as they pertain to 00:28.696 --> 00:30.584 the fleet . Hello Judge advocates 00:30.584 --> 00:32.807 worked to assist the Navy in protecting 00:32.807 --> 00:34.807 cultural resources and also enhance 00:34.807 --> 00:36.862 relationships with the public duty . 00:36.862 --> 00:38.862 Judge advocate will be eligible for 00:38.862 --> 00:40.862 assignment to the environmental law 00:40.862 --> 00:40.800 program after selection by the career 00:40.800 --> 00:42.856 status board and will continue to be 00:42.856 --> 00:45.022 eligible for assignment to the L . A . 00:45.022 --> 00:46.744 Program up through the rank of 00:46.744 --> 00:48.950 commander . Mhm . 00:52.040 --> 00:53.984 The thing that attracted me to the 00:53.984 --> 00:55.707 environmental law practice was 00:55.707 --> 00:57.429 initially just reaching out to 00:57.429 --> 00:59.429 individuals who were already in the 00:59.429 --> 01:01.096 community or who had then one 01:01.096 --> 01:03.262 environmental law building had gone on 01:03.262 --> 01:05.040 to something else . Uh The main 01:05.040 --> 01:06.984 interest point for me was just the 01:06.984 --> 01:09.207 ability to work with people in other uh 01:09.207 --> 01:11.207 specialties that we generally don't 01:11.207 --> 01:13.262 even a lot of people within the Navy 01:13.262 --> 01:15.262 don't even know we have such as the 01:15.262 --> 01:17.230 biologists or the fleet range of 01:17.230 --> 01:19.286 statement officers and other kind of 01:19.286 --> 01:21.610 science specialists and that web and 01:21.610 --> 01:24.040 that community and how those things can 01:24.040 --> 01:26.096 link together and help the operators 01:26.096 --> 01:28.318 really interested me . It was wonderful 01:28.318 --> 01:30.484 being able to go back to school to get 01:30.484 --> 01:32.818 my advanced degree in environmental law . 01:32.818 --> 01:34.984 It had been about 10 years since I had 01:34.984 --> 01:37.096 been in law school or really any sort 01:37.096 --> 01:39.040 of official setting of any type of 01:39.040 --> 01:41.960 school . So that experience um how kind 01:41.960 --> 01:44.127 of I had changed between the last time 01:44.127 --> 01:46.238 I was in law school and going back in 01:46.238 --> 01:48.690 and it was great and just kind of 01:48.700 --> 01:50.970 taking a little bit of a breather from 01:50.970 --> 01:54.660 the everyday work life was great as 01:54.660 --> 01:58.340 well and gaining that experience in and 01:58.340 --> 02:00.451 knowledge and environmental law was , 02:00.451 --> 02:02.840 was wonderful . The education I 02:02.840 --> 02:05.070 received , um getting my master's in 02:05.070 --> 02:07.680 environmental law and combination with 02:07.680 --> 02:09.750 prior kind of mix of experience in 02:09.750 --> 02:11.860 different jobs has really helped 02:11.870 --> 02:14.250 prepare for me for third fleet everyday 02:14.250 --> 02:16.306 at third fleet we might , I might be 02:16.306 --> 02:18.361 answering question environmental law 02:18.361 --> 02:20.528 and the next minute going to ethics or 02:20.528 --> 02:22.750 military justice or investigations , so 02:22.750 --> 02:24.860 having experience from prior jobs in 02:24.860 --> 02:27.027 those other areas and then getting the 02:27.027 --> 02:29.270 experience through school . Um , an 02:29.270 --> 02:31.630 environmental law has helped enable me 02:31.630 --> 02:34.110 to do my job and be a valuable asset 02:34.110 --> 02:37.600 hopefully to the staff and 02:37.600 --> 02:40.520 during any large exercise or a major 02:40.520 --> 02:42.750 training exercise , we have to ensure 02:42.750 --> 02:44.694 that we are in compliance with the 02:44.694 --> 02:46.917 marine mammal mitigation measures . And 02:46.917 --> 02:48.861 so my job a lot of times the third 02:48.861 --> 02:51.083 fleet is to work with the operators and 02:51.083 --> 02:53.028 ensure that everyone is aware that 02:53.028 --> 02:55.194 these mitigation measures are in place 02:55.194 --> 02:54.810 and it , it varies depending on where 02:54.810 --> 02:57.290 you are um , within our operating area . 02:57.290 --> 02:59.179 So getting that information out , 02:59.179 --> 03:01.346 understanding what current regulations 03:01.346 --> 03:03.568 are in place and ensuring that everyone 03:03.568 --> 03:05.901 understands how important compliance is , 03:05.901 --> 03:08.068 is a key part of the environmental job 03:08.068 --> 03:10.390 here . We have to disseminate one of my 03:10.390 --> 03:12.612 jobs and working with the environmental 03:12.612 --> 03:14.834 sneeze both here at third fleet and pac 03:14.834 --> 03:17.001 fleet is to know what those pieces are 03:17.001 --> 03:19.223 and understand how they relate to where 03:19.223 --> 03:21.223 the operators are operating at that 03:21.223 --> 03:23.446 time or where they may be operating and 03:23.446 --> 03:25.668 what they want to do in that particular 03:25.668 --> 03:27.334 area . Um , so making sure we 03:27.334 --> 03:29.501 understand what the operators want and 03:29.501 --> 03:31.390 linking , understanding with what 03:31.390 --> 03:34.090 compliance is in place there . As the 03:34.090 --> 03:36.201 Navy operates an increasingly complex 03:36.201 --> 03:38.423 legal and regulatory environments , the 03:38.423 --> 03:40.423 Navy Jag Corps is always in need of 03:40.423 --> 03:42.423 diverse talent to join its ranks of 03:42.423 --> 03:44.590 environmental attorneys that can bring 03:44.590 --> 03:44.410 their expertise and innovative thinking 03:44.410 --> 03:47.330 to the fleet . I think the environment 03:47.330 --> 03:49.730 of law practice has a lot of amazing 03:49.730 --> 03:51.897 practitioners all throughout the world 03:51.897 --> 03:53.841 and the more that we can grow that 03:53.841 --> 03:55.897 community and ensure that people are 03:55.897 --> 03:58.063 aware that it's even an opportunity to 03:58.063 --> 04:00.230 everybody , regardless of what job you 04:00.230 --> 04:02.452 may currently be doing , especially for 04:02.452 --> 04:04.619 those junior judge advocates coming in 04:04.619 --> 04:06.786 and may not know that it's even a path 04:06.786 --> 04:09.008 that you can take . So just publicizing 04:09.008 --> 04:11.119 what we do and how that we , um , you 04:11.119 --> 04:13.174 know , assist operators in sort of a 04:13.174 --> 04:15.174 different way than people typically 04:15.174 --> 04:17.230 think of within the jaguar . I would 04:17.230 --> 04:19.341 suggest that anybody who's interested 04:19.341 --> 04:21.341 in environmental law community just 04:21.341 --> 04:23.563 reach out to those individuals who they 04:23.563 --> 04:23.390 know who have served inability or who 04:23.390 --> 04:25.446 are currently serving in a village . 04:25.446 --> 04:27.668 That's the best way to get knowledge of 04:27.668 --> 04:29.668 what individuals actually do in the 04:29.668 --> 04:31.946 village . And I would hope that people , 04:31.946 --> 04:34.400 anybody who is interested is able to 04:34.410 --> 04:36.466 reach out and make those connections 04:36.466 --> 04:38.354 and that the community is able to 04:38.354 --> 04:40.354 diversify the people who are in the 04:40.354 --> 04:42.521 community now , and that we're able to 04:42.521 --> 04:44.632 kind of amplify the knowledge that is 04:44.632 --> 04:46.799 out there about the community itself . 04:46.799 --> 04:48.854 If you would like to know more about 04:48.854 --> 04:51.021 who we are , what we do , reach out to 04:51.021 --> 04:50.650 your local professional developmental 04:50.650 --> 04:52.539 officer detailer or anyone of the 04:52.539 --> 04:54.030 practicing judge advocates in the fleet .