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Regional Law Center Marine Corps Installations – East (RLC-E) was formed on 1 October 2024 in accordance with the Fiscal Year 2022 and 2023 National Defense Authorization Acts, and Headquarters Marines Corps (HQMC) Judge Advocate Division (JAD) directed reorganization and realignment of Marine Corps Judge Advocate and Legal Services capability and support. All litigation enterprise personnel, functions, and authorities have been reorganized and realigned in a direct hierarchy under HQMC JAD. Additionally, all legal service support requirements have been reorganized and realigned as regional assets under the Commanding General, Marine Corps Installations – East (MCI-E).
RLC-E includes the Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Lejeune Law Center, Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry Point Law Center, and Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) Parris Island Law Center. Resident within each law center are the RLC-E litigation enterprise capabilities and functions: HQMC Office of Special Trial Counsel, Office of Defense Services Organization, Office of Trial Services Organization, and Office of Victims Legal Organization.
The RLC-E legal service support functions include a Regional Review Office, a Civil Processing Office, Special Assistant United States Attorney’s (SAUSA) Office and Base Magistrate. The Regional Review and Court Reporting Office centralizes and standardizes the post-trial records review process and court reporting functions. The Civil Law Processing Office provides a center of excellence and reach-back capability for the Staff Judge Advocate offices for ethics, claims, and service of criminal and civil process on service members stationed aboard MCI-East installations. The SAUSA is responsible for facilitating the prosecution of civilians who commit criminal offense aboard MCI-E installations. The Base Magistrate adjudicates violations of base traffic orders aboard MCI-E installations.
The Director, RLC-E oversees legal support services at all RLC-E law centers, while Local Law Center Directors of MCB Camp Lejeune, MCAS Cherry Point and MCRD Parris Island directly supervise their respective legal service support sections. The Law Centers at each installation will provide services to all service members aboard their respective installations.