1. (a) The Legal Services Office shall be a joint office shared by the Alabama Army and Air National Guard. There shall be a State Staff Judge Advocate for both the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard.

2. (b) Each State Staff Judge Advocate shall do all of the following:

   1. (1) Perform the duties as prescribed by the Adjutant General and state and federal law.
   2. (2) Serve as the primary legal adviser to his or her respective military service component commander.
   3. (3) Provide independent legal advice, when requested, to his or her respective chief of staff for his or her service and to members of his or her respective military service component within the Alabama National Guard generally.

   4. (4) Provide legal advice in the following areas:

      1. a. Military justice.
      2. b. Administration and operation of his or her respective military service component’s Judge Advocate General’s Corps within the Alabama Army or the Air National Guard.
      3. c. Business, property, and financial operations under the jurisdiction and authority of the State Military Department and the Armory Commission for his or her respective military service component.
      4. d. Administration, control, discipline, status, civil relations, and activities of all personnel within his or her respective military service component.
   5. (5) Provide legal advice to his or her respective military component commander and, when requested, to the Adjutant General, Director of the Joint Staff, chief of staff of each service, and joint staff in legal matters concerning his or her respective military component.
   6. (6) Develop legal office management policies and procedures for his or her respective military service component to accomplish legal services within the Alabama National Guard.
   7. (7) Direct his or her respective military service component members of the Alabama National Guard Judge Advocate General Corps in the performance of their duties, including leading and managing all aspects of the service component’s legal services.
   8. (8) Exercise technical supervision over the delivery of legal services in his or her respective military service component of the Alabama Army or Air National Guard and all legal services personnel under the authority of his or her component commander.
   9. (9) Certify that all judge advocates within his or her respective military service component are professionally qualified and maintain the highest levels of ethical and moral behavior and professional proficiency to perform legal duties.
   10. (10) Manage the professional legal training within his or her respective military service component.
   11. (11) Determine the requirements for his or her respective military service component, and the Alabama National Guard’s acquisition of legal research materials, software, applications, and programs.
   12. (12) Provide legal services to his or her respective military service component through the Legal Services Office in coordination with the Office of General Counsel.
   13. (13) Direct the delivery of Alabama Army and Air National Guard legal services across a broad spectrum of legal disciplines, including military justice, international and operational law, administrative and civil law, contract and fiscal law, claims, and legal assistance.

(Act 2025-104, §1; Act 2026-289, §1.)