text: Judge Advocate General’s Corps Support to Operations
  officers, and personnel; participate in staff working groups or teams; advocate before courts-martial and
  administrative decision-making bodies;and review, adjudicate, and settle claims on behalf of and against the
  United States. Judge advocates supervise paralegals and civilian legal support staff who assist in performing
  these tasks.
  THE LEGAL ADMINISTRATOR
  3-12. Legal administrators utilize specialized skills and training to assist the SJA in leading and managing
  legal offices by performing the role of office administrators. Normally assigned to OSJAs supporting
  installations, or those at or above the division level, legal administrator responsibilities typically involve
  resource management, personnel management, security management, force management, knowledge
  management, and systems integration, and they include key roles in ensuring that the administrative,
  logistical, and funding requirements are met for the delivery of legal services to the supported units.
  Consistent with guidance from the SJA, the legal administrator builds and maintains effective working
  relationships with key personnel throughout the command to enable OSJA personnel to meet their mission
  requirements. Always searching for more efficient ways to provide legal support, legal administrators at all
  echelons are encouraged to collaborate and share lessons learned through their warrant officer technical
  chain. Consistent with SJA guidance, legal administrators may also train, coach, and mentor NCOs and
  officers.
  THE COMMAND OR CHIEF PARALEGAL NCO
  3-13. The command or chief paralegal NCO is the senior enlisted Soldier in the OSJA of a division, corps,
  or ASCC. A command paralegal NCO (normally a sergeant major), or a chief paralegal NCO (normally a
  master sergeant), serve at corps and division OSJAs, respectively. This senior enlisted leader advises SJAs,
  commanders, and their NCOs on all paralegal Soldier issues within the OSJA and those arising from
  subordinate units. The command or chief paralegal NCO provides technical supervision of all paralegal
  Soldiers assigned to or supported by the OSJA and is primarily responsible to the SJA for the deployment
  and training readiness of OSJA personnel. The chief paralegal NCO, like the legal administrator, builds and
  maintains effective working relationships with key personnel throughout the command to enable OSJA
  personnel to meet their mission requirements.
  PARALEGAL NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICERSANDSOLDIERS
  3-14. Paralegal NCOs serve as enlisted leaders and subject matter experts within their respective divisions
  or sections, assuming responsibility for the effective and efficient operation of the division or section where
  they serve. They also bear primary responsibility to train, mentor, and develop junior paralegal Soldiers to
  the required level of expertise necessary to effectively contribute to mission success. Some paralegal NCOs
  serve as a division or section NCO incharge. They therefore serve as senior enlisted advisors to the division
  chiefs or officers-in-charge, much the same way the command or chief paralegal NCO serves as the senior
  enlisted advisor to the SJA.
  3-15. Paralegal Soldiers provide support in all the core competencies and legal functions, under the
  supervision of judge advocates, civilian attorneys, and paralegal NCOs. Paralegal Soldiers, like all JALS
  personnel, are subject to the rules of professional responsibility. Like paralegal NCOs, they do not provide
  legal advice, but support the legal services provided by judge advocates and civilian attorneys at all levels
  within the Army.
  SENIOR CIVILIAN
  3-16. The senior civilian, whether an attorney or civilian legal administrator, provides the SJA with a
  valuable civilian perspective regarding the delivery of legal services and office management. The senior
  civilian is often best suited to provide advice and perspective regarding continuity and long-term office
  issues.