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  members. They are commissioned officers, leaders, and managers who can practice law in each of the six
  legal functions.
  LEGAL ADMINISTRATOR
  1-10. Legal administrators are Army warrant officers with specialized training and expertise in law office
  operations and management. They receive specialized training to support the staff judge advocate’s (SJA’s)
  management of a legal office. Their responsibilities are generally focused on resource management,
  personnel management, security management, force management, knowledge management, and systems
  integration.
  PARALEGAL SOLDIER
  1-11. Paralegal Soldiers are paraprofessionalswho are both technical experts and professional Soldiers who
  provide legal support to commanders and legal services clients. In addition to receiving technical instruction,
  paralegal Soldiers receive training in leadership and Soldier skills at every level of the noncommissioned
  officer education system.
  CIVILIAN ATTORNEY
  1-12. Civilian attorneys serve as leaders and subject matter experts,often providing valued continuity in the
  delivery of legal advice. Their professionalism, expertise, and knowledge of local policies and practices
  ensures uninterrupted legal support across the Army.
  CIVILIAN PARAPROFESSIONAL
  1-13. Civilian paraprofessionals provide subject matter, technical, and administrative support to the Army’s
  legal offices. Paraprofessionals serve in a variety of positions including paralegal, court reporter, legal
  technician, legal assistant, claims technician, government information specialist, among others.
  1-14. Unless otherwise specifically authorized bythe judge advocate general (TJAG), Army Regulation, or
  other DA Publication, only attorneys of the JALS and attorneys under the qualifying authority of the General
  Counsel of the Army, the Chief Counsel of the Army Corps of Engineers, of the Command Counsel of the
  Army Material Command may practice law.Thisincludes engaging in the practice of law on behalf of any
  Army command, unit, agency, office, element, or other Army entity;assignment against any authorization or
  requirement for an attorney; or providing legal instruction or training to or for any Army command, unit,
  agency, office, element, or other Army entity. (For more information on who may practice law, see AR 27-1.
  For a definition of “practice of law,”see the comment to rule 5.5in AR 27-26.)