Charles H. Rose III

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Education

  • L.L.M. in Military Law with a Criminal Law Specialization, The Judge Advocate General’s School of the United States Army
  • J.D., Notre Dame Law School, ‘93
  • Indiana University at South Bend, Political Science, ‘87

Extracurricular Activities While at NDLS

  • GALILEE
  • Barristers – Trial Advocacy Team

Employment

Deputy Staff Judge Advocate, Fort Eustis, Virginia (June 2003 – Present)

Professor of Criminal Law, The Judge Advocate General’s School, United States Army in Charlottesville, Virginia (May 2000 – May 2003)

Insights Regarding My Area of Practice

  • I serve as the military equivalent of a managing partner in a small to medium sized law firm. I am the second in command, and am responsible for all day to day operations, including both legal and administrative issues. I directly advise commanders, including the commanding general, on legal issues. I supervise a law office consisting of approximately 15 attorneys and 15 support personnel. Our practice includes criminal justice, environmental law, labor law, torts, administrative law and family law. On a regular day I touch a variety of diverse actions while also having the opportunity to attend physical training with my soldiers, participate in various military functions, and engage in tactical training.

Volunteer/Pro Bono Work

  • In a certain sense, every day in the military is volunteer or pro bono work. We do not do billable hours and we take in clients based upon their status and demonstrated need. We then work to resolve a client’s issues regardless of the cost involved. The great benefit of military legal service is that you get to provide advice and counsel to young men and women who have made a personal and moral decision to serve their country, as well as to the leaders who hold the lives of those soldiers in their hands. It makes one grateful to come to work, and drives you internally to give legal advice worthy of such selfless clients.

On the Legal Community’s Perception of NDLS Alumni:

“Notre Dame Law School creates the perfect type of lawyer to advise commanders and their soldiers in conditions where the lives of many are on the line. Compassionate, thoughtful legal advice is a precious commodity, and the NDLS military alumni embody the qualities that ensure everyone the military touches is treated humanely and appropriately – with both respect and dignity. The reputation of the NDLS alumni among the Judge Advocate Generals’ Corps is unsurpassed. "

On How NDLS has Enhanced My Career:

“The mathematician Blaise Pascal once said words to the effect that the greatest decision you make in your life is do you believe in God? All other decisions in life flow from your answer to that question. A legal education devoid of such discussion and contemplation stunts the soul and belittles the mind. My experience at NDLS developed my soul as well as my legal mind. The two operating together have helped me to become the type of attorney that I always hoped to be. I could not imagine legal life without the grounding principles I learned under the soft light of that Golden Dome.”