Um, no. Obviously not. I’m not trying to be a downer, but the research on this topic is not uplifting. In 2011, Linda Albert’s groundbreaking study of Wisconsin State Public Defenders examined “the effects of compassion fatigue—the cumulative physical, emotional, and psychological effects resulting from continual exposure to others’ traumatic experiences.” The study found significantly… Continue reading Is Working in Public Defense Good for You?
Author: JP Andrews
Public defender, writer, apple farmer.
Why Launch Sustained? Why Write About Well-Being in Public Defense?
In 1991, I had a summer filled with aha, light-bulb, found-my-calling moments, when I worked as a student investigator at the Public Defender Service in Washington, DC. The first time I watched a young man being led into a courtroom in custody and a public defender fighting for his freedom, I connected with a sense of… Continue reading Why Launch Sustained? Why Write About Well-Being in Public Defense?
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