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1st Advanced Appropriations & Acquisitions Law Course

(5F-F103 Advanced Contract Law Course)

22-24 April 2025

PURPOSE: The Advanced Appropriations & Acquisitions Law Course (formerly Advanced Contract Law Course (5F-F103)) provides advanced instruction on specialized fiscal law and acquisition topics. This course is for non-supervisory contract and fiscal law attorneys with over two years of contract and/or fiscal law experience. The course addresses various topics, which vary with each course. This course typically includes selected classes from the previous Government Contract and Fiscal Law New Developments Course (5F-511) and other advanced contract and fiscal law topics.

This year’s course will feature one day focused on contract law topics, including source selection, FAR Part 8, and intellectual property disputes. The following day will focus on fiscal law topics, including appropriation law interpretation, security cooperation, funding IT acquisitions, and fiscal law implications with working capital funds. The final day will focus on new developments in policy and law, innovation efforts, and electives. Course dates are 22-24 April 2025.

Prerequisites: Military or civilian attorneys employed by the U.S. Government. Attendees must have successfully completed the Contract Attorneys Course (5F-F10), and/or the Fiscal Law Course (5F-F12), or equivalent training and have at least two years of experience as a contract and/or fiscal law attorney or equivalent.

Location: This course will return to in-person instruction at The Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center & School, Charlottesville, Virginia. All attendees must provide their own computer or digital device (e.g., laptop, tablet, etc.) capable of accessing JAG University. Please ensure you can meet these technology requirements before registering for this course.

Application Information:

  1. The following agencies and commands have reserved seats: U.S. Army Materiel Command; U.S. Army Installation Management Command; U.S. Army Contracting Command; U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command; Defense Contract Audit Agency; Defense Logistics Agency; the Department of the Air Force; and the Department of the Navy. If you are assigned to these organizations, you must register through your ATRRS/training coordinator to receive a seat.
  2. All other Department of Defense and Non-Department of Defense personnel shall submit an application for this course. Applications are available at below. Incomplete applications will not be considered. Please also have your unit training coordinator add you to the course waitlist in ATRRS, if available.
  3. Non-Department of Defense personnel may complete the course application form below to apply for enrollment on a space-available basis. On the form, indicate that you are a non-DoD applicant. However, please also include your Reserve/Guard information if applicable, even if applying in your civilian capacity.

Deadline: Friday, 28 March 2025. Applicants will be enrolled in the course on a rolling basis as qualified applicants apply. Applicants will be notified no later than Friday, 11 April of their status. Please direct questions to the course manager, MAJ Geoff Cleveland, at geoffrey.r.cleveland.mil@army.mil.

DATA REQUIRED BY THE PRIVACY ACT OF 1974: AUTHORITY: 5 USC 301 PRINCIPAL PURPOSES: PREPARATION OF STUDENT RECORDS NATURE OF DISCLOSURE: VOLUNTARY ROUTINE USES: PREPARATION OF ROSTERS, CERTIFICATES, DIPLOMAS, ATTENDANCE RECORDS EFFECT OF NONDISCLOSURE: STUDENT RECORDS WILL BE INCOMPLETE AND INDIVIDUAL MAY NOT RECEIVE CREDIT FOR COURSE ATTENDANCE.

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