When adding angular momentum S$S$ and L$L$ to get J$J$, J$J$ can range from absolute value of (L-S)$|L-S|$ to L+S$L+S$ in integer steps. Then once you have J$J$ you can figure the allowed values of m_j$m_j$ just like you do for S$S$ and m_s$m_s$
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