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24.02.2011
The visit to Palace of Justice was indeed an eye-opener for me. I got to understand the different judicial systems and the types of courts here in Malaysia. For me, courts are places where lawyers wear their white wigs and long black robes and have civil verbal fights with one another to defend/ sue their client- while the Judge, will be listening intently and decide, upon the knock of the hammer. For me, the hammer symbolises the authority and the strictness in court and that no nonsense is tolerated in court- plain like that. All in all, hammer means no laughter/ giggles/ lame comments/ lame attitudes.

The most interesting part was when we got to actually go inside a court and attend a hearing. It was pretty impressive. The way the documents are prepared for reference to fight for just one case is incredible- it was so thick. I was dismissing this idea when we were told about the helpers helping the Judges to locate pages having in mind that "can't they just flip it themselves"but when I actually saw the document all heavily binded, my jaw dropped. I didn't at all expect it to be so thick and imagine what the lawyers had to go through when preparing the whole document to fight the case as well as for references for the Judges.

The language used in court is definitely not casual, but I also don't think that the formality in court is as petrifying or nerve wracking as in a SERIOUS MUN conference. As long as you refer to your Judges as M' Lord and do not attempt (any at all) to intrude and cut in when's he's speaking to you, I think you're fine. A Judge has a HUGE responsibility to uphold as the result of the case rests directly on their shoulders. One waver or one wrong interpretation might just kill the innocent.

24.03.2011
Mr. Ramesh was kind enough to grace our small event in school and he did gave us a lot of insights into how being a lawyer is like and he was kind enough to enlighten us on the rungs to become a lawyer. His speech was quite informative and he was willing to share. He even told us about the ethics of a lawyer, which I (personally) feel that it's contradicting. I particularly like the part where lawyers wear the wig and the long robe to 'disguise' themselves which also brings out the fact that they themselves as a person is totally different and separated from their profession as a lawyer.

In conclusion, the two days were rather informative and I enjoyed it very much. I hope that we will have excursions/ speeches just like these in the future. (:

Nicole X