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I am upset.

OK...why not get an honest job???

Not sure if the PLC is tied in with ROTC ... however, you spend the summer between your junior and senior year at Quantico, VA going thru Marine officer basic. Upon graduation, providing you meet Marine Corps criteria, you are commissioned a 2nd Lt. in the Corps. Every Marine officer, even those attending the Naval Academy, or other military schools such as VMI have to go thru Marine Corps officer training at Quantico.

Here is some basic information:

“The normal progression is for the Marine officer to complete officer candidate school, then law school, and gain admittance to a state bar before receiving orders to TBS.”

http://www.marineofficercandidate.com/MOS/sja(4402).htm

This is very good, detailed information, but may be difficult to read.

http://sja.hqmc.usmc.mil/Pubs/P5800/19.pdf

These are of some value:

www.tecom.usmc.mil/gtb/its/signed/MCO_1510.51B.pdf

(5) Excess Leave Program (Law) (ELP(L)). Commissioned Officers of the Marine Corps may be permitted leave without pay and allowances in excess of that authorized by 10 U.S.C. 701 (b), to attend ABA accredited law schools located in the United States at no expense to the Government for education leading to the degree of Juris Doctor or Bachelor of Law. Satisfactory completion of either FLEP or ELP(L) leads to designation as a Marine Corps judge advocate (MOS 4402). Reference (j) applies.

http://www.navair.navy.mil/mad/DetO%201560.1F.htm

http://usmilitary.about.com/library/milinfo/marineofficerjobs/bl4402.htm

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Notice that you will go through OCS, first. That is not a walk in the park. Many good people wash out.

Then, you will be a marine officer. This means that you should like living in a tent (or less); getting up before daylight; lots of running and other exercise; travel to strange places (usually “hot,” dirty, smelly, verminous, etc.); all this with a chance to get shot or blown up.

Oh, don’t be too upset if you find yourself leading an infantry platoon, no matter what the recruiter tells you, or what you THINK is on a written contract.

If those things seem good, and you have a LOT of stamina, maybe this would be for you.

DG

There MAY be ROTC or scholarship programs. If so, they will almost certainly want you to pass OCS, first.