I used to monitor alternate hearings with a boy from my work. After he left, I monitored the hearings at the Royal Commission by myself. This was before semester one had begun and so there was no real present threat* of due dates and assignments. However, one hearing I had some minor technical difficulties and I began to get tears in my eyes and they started to fall, while I was still sitting in the hearing room and a hearing was in session. Luckily this is …show more content…
I am not speaking exclusively about victims or complainants, but also victims of circumstance and background and those that are underprivileged. I haven’t asked in part because I don’t want to seem affected by the content because I’m sure that what has affected me so far doesn’t compare to those that these lawyers have been faced with*. I don’t feel entirely comfortable asking people how they deal with these issues because it may be that it is a sensitive topic for some, and I try to respect professional boundaries, and I am not sure where this