The Military Law Task Force advocates through the law for servicemembers and veterans.
Providing independent legal information and services to lawyers and legal workers, active-duty servicemembers, reservists, veterans and their families since 1969.
The National Lawyers Guild Military Law Task Force includes attorneys, legal workers, law students and “Barracks lawyers” interested in draft, military and veterans issues. It is a standing project of the National Lawyers Guild.
MLTF assists those working on military law issues as well as military law counselors working directly with GIs. It trains and mentors counselors and beginning military law attorneys in all aspects of military law through training materials and direct communication. It tracks changes in military law and policy and publishes a quarterly practictioner’s journal On Watch.
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Military releases annual report on sexual assault
On May 2, 2019, the Department of Defense (DoD) released its congressionally-mandated report on sexual assault in the military for fiscal year 2018. You can read the report here (PDF)
Spring 2019 issue of On Watch
Vol. XXX, No. 1
SPECIAL ISSUE ON THE DRAFT
The End of Male-Only Draft Registration
“A Modern-Day Draft, If Marketed Carefully and Cleverly …”
C.O. Registry Set Up Ahead of Expected Draft Registration Changes
When Reservists Live Distant from Their Unit
Transgender Ban Update
Transgender Ban Update, Spring 2019
BY JEFF LAKE As the year 2019 began, the administration’s attempt to ban military service by transgender people was blocked by four nationwide injunctions in Washington State, California, Washington D.C. and in Maryland. In November, 2018, the Justice Department had...
THE END OF MALE-ONLY DRAFT REGISTRATION
One Federal District Court Judge Says, “Unconstitutional.” What Next? BY DEBORAH H. KARPATKIN On February 22, 2019, the legal landscape shifted on male-only draft registration. Senior District Court Judge Gray Miller granted summary judgment for plaintiffs in a case...
“A MODERN-DAY DRAFT, IF MARKETED CAREFULLY AND CLEVERLY …”
A preview of what’s ahead for the Selective Service System BY EDWARD HASBROUCK A modern-day draft, if marketed carefully and cleverly, could foster patriotism via the investment of every family in the nation. A greater involvement of the population to include National...
‘PROACTIVE AND PROTECTIVE’ C.O. REGISTRY SET UP AHEAD OF EXPECTED EXTENSION OF DRAFT REGISTRATION TO WOMEN
Interfaith church offers free registry for all opposed to war and concerned about military conscription The Objector Registry is available at objector.church/register The first ever Objector Registry offers a declaration of conscience for anyone to assert their moral...