Masters of environmental law provide specialized skill in technical areas of environmental and land use law.
Judge advocates with a Master of Law degree in environmental or land use law serve in challenging billets requiring an understanding of complex statutory and regulatory environmental and land use law. As majors they may serve as counsel in the Eastern or Western Area Counsel Offices or in the Office of the Staff Judge Advocate for major installation. Majors and lieutenant colonels may serve as deputy counsel in a area office or far the Counsel to the Commandant of the Marine Corps.