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Originally Posted by RogueAcademic

That's not odd, I was considering signing up for the reserves myself even if I had a day job with a city law firm. I have friends in the army. It's actually quite hard to get into the military as a legal officer because most legal officers who get in, stay in. The military legal officers are generally tri-service (encompassing RAN, RAAF and AA) but I also hear that if you sign up with specific interest in the navy, you'll have the opportunity to be posted on a ship (there's a legal officer on every ship).

I'd be interested to hear any tips from the barrister you worked with, if you're ok talking about it?

She didn't give me any tips per se, we just got to talking after I found out that I had to hand some papers in early because she was going to Afghanistan. What she told me has been discussed in similar threads in these forums, basically that the army is the place to be if you want to practise international law and that they really look after you in terms of subsidising further education.