I am just at my end of my 2L, and I do my best to try to sign up for things that will give me an image of how real practice will look like because I have been told that it's nothing like our studies.
I volunteer at a legal clinic, and I have had some of these cases have been really morally challenging for me. There was one specific one I feel has stayed with me, where the person even cried in front of us, and I had to act empathetic and understanding, when it felt sort of wrong to. I know it comes with the job, and I can't pick and choose but I wanted to know how you guys deal with this on a day to day basis. I want to go into child and youth protection/criminal youth protection, and I am am aware this may come with a lot of dark stuff and things that might be out of my control. I came here to see how others who do practice, in the same field or similar, do it without losing themselves. I am very prepared for it to be rough on the mental, I just wanted to get some examples and see how others with more experience deal with it.