Nov. 1, 2019

VLC Team Member Coordinates Charitable Drive in Naples

In late August, Navy Yeoman 2nd Class Coryna Houston – who currently is stationed in Naples, Italy, and provides administrative support to the Navy JAG community’s Victims' Legal Counsel (VLC) program – coordinated an extremely successful humanitarian drive for a nearby immigrant family shelter.

May 10, 2019

Navy Civilian Makes Quilts for Children

Mr. Randal Powers, Region Legal Service Office (RLSO) Mid-Atlantic Branch Office Newport, is an expert quilter and has dedicated numerous hours to making quilts for ill children. Starting when he was about 10 years old, Powers helped his mom quilt...

May 2, 2017

RLSO EURAFSWA Hosts Mock Trial

Lt. Robert McRight, victim legal counsel, and Lt. Katharine Shumway, defense attorney, spearheaded a mock trial hosted in the Region Legal Service Office Europ...

March 18, 2016

Misawa Sailors teach English to local Japanese children

Sailors stationed at Misawa Air Base, Japan visited the Ohzora Jido-Kan, a Japanese afterschool care center, where they taught and practiced English with the children there Monday, Feb. 29.

Jan. 21, 2016

Sasebo Career Fair

Lt. Joseph Horton, legal assistance attorney at Region Legal Service Office (RLSO) Japan's Branch Office in Sasebo, Japan, recently joined several professional representatives at the ...

Jan. 5, 2016

Basketball Tournament Brings Toys for Tots

Each of the four teams in the basketball tournament wanted to win, but they all agreed that the day was about the kids. Everyone at the gym could see it in the boxes of t...

June 1, 2015

Law Day 2015: Mock Trial

FORT BELVOIR, Va. (May 1, 2015) -- Serving in the role of the court reporter, Lt. Theresa Poindexter of the Belvoir Hospital Office of the Command Judge Advocate takes notes during a mock trial based on the story of the Three Little Pigs. Members of ...

Dec. 2, 2014

Judge Advocate Shares Experiences with Chicago Legal Community

What exactly is “non-judicial punishment?” When would a commanding officer use a summary court martial? And how can the Navy ensure that a defendant’s due process rights are guarant...

Dec. 3, 2013

Haitian Orphanage

Last spring, I had the opportunity to travel to Haiti and volunteer at the Maison Fortune Orphanage School, officially named, “L’Ecole Mixte Jean Louis Fortuné.” Maison F...

Sept. 18, 2012

NLSO Mid-Atlantic Wins Model Partnership Award

Naval Legal Service Office Mid-Atlantic was recognized as a 2012 Model Partnership by the Virginia Beach City Public School System for its volunteer work with high school students at Virginia Beach First Colonial High School.