What your role could involve .
As an organisation employing over thirty-thousand personnel , operating aircraft and airfields , in the UK and overseas , in peacetime and armed conflict , the RAF generates innumerable and varied legal challenges . Law in the RAF addresses the rules and regulations of the organisation , society at large and the international community .
Legal Officers play a central role in ensuring the RAF functions smoothly within these frameworks . Your responsibilities could include :
• Advising military commanders and staff in national , coalition and Allied environments on domestic and international humanitarian law .
• Advising on military law , air law , employment law , European law , health and safety and environmental law Development and drafting of legislation in relation to the Armed Forces .
• Acting as Legal Adviser to Service Inquiry panels in relation to their investigations .
• Advocacy for the defence or prosecution at Courts Martial , Service Civilian Courts and Summary Appeal Courts .
• Advising both military police and commanders in relation to criminal investigations , evidence gathering , interviewing , and pre- and post-charge custody ,
• Advising personnel of all ranks on the Armed Forces Act 2006 and procedures and regulations that apply to the RAF and wider Defence .
• Providing legal training across the full breadth of ranks and specialisations of the RAF .
Like most officers in the RAF , you will move jobs every few years , and each job is known as a tour . You could receive your first overseas move , or ‘ posting ’, immediately after your Initial Officer Training and specialist training . Overseas postings normally last between two and three years .
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