Legal Officer at The British Army

Description

• You will advise on a range of legal issues across the Army. As a Legal Officer you will have a challenging and interesting career with opportunities which few other legal practices can offer.
• Army Legal Services (ALS) Officers are barristers and solicitors who are qualified in England & Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland.
• They perform a range of crucial tasks, from prosecuting at court martial to advising senior commanders. 
• ALS officers practise law without timesheets or billable hours targets. There is opportunity for worldwide travel, delivering legal advice in interesting and challenging environments.
• There is a structed career with the chance to for promotion up to Major General and to gain post-graduate qualifications funded by the Army. 
• ALS officers are also given opportunities to keep up with their CPD through attendance at a number of internal and external courses, play sport for the Adjutant General’s Corps and the Army, and go on adventure training including skiing, cycling and hiking.

Providing Military Legal Support To The Army:

• Army Legal Services (ALS) is a specialist all-Officer branch of the Adjutant General's Corps. ALS is comprised of professionally qualified solicitors, barristers and Scottish advocates.

Key Responsibilities

• Operational law - Advising senior commanders on operational law, including detention, targeting and rules of engagement. This takes place both during the planning stages of exercises and operations and whilst deployed on the ground.
• Prosecutions - Management and progression of cases at the Service Prosecuting Authority from initial referral to trial, including making charging decisions, dealing with evidential issues and disclosure, and prosecuting cases at Court Martial.
• Advisory law - Training and advising officers and soldiers from other parts of the Army on discipline and administrative action, advising on health and safety and employment law (amongst other areas), and preparing publications to support the Chain of Command.

Entry Requirements
Qualifications:

• At the date of joining, you must be a qualified solicitor or barrister in the jurisdictions of England and Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland.
• ALS only recruits those that are fully qualified, however you may begin your application whilst you are still undergoing your training.
• Those undergoing a training contract, qualifying work experience or a pupillage can apply up to 9 months prior to qualification.
• Some people join the ALS as newly qualified lawyers, and some serve for many years in private practice before joining.

Age:

• From 23 years & 0 months to 32 years & 0 months.

Basic physical fitness assessment:

• Mid Thigh Pull 76kg
• Medicine Ball Throw 3.1m
• MSFT (beep test) level 8.7.

Pay & Benefits
You will join the Army as a Captain on a minimum salary of £50,540 a year.