WHEREAS, Well-Being Week in Law is an initiative of the Institute for Well-Being in Law that takes place the first week of May every year to raise awareness about mental health and encourage action across the legal profession; and
WHEREAS, National Lawyer Well-Being Week was devised after the 2016 ABA Annual Meeting in San Francisco to improve the legal profession’s state of health; and
WHEREAS, National Lawyer Well-Being Week purposely coincides with Mental Health Awareness Month in recognition of the unacceptably high number of attorneys with anxiety, mental illnesses and drinking problems; and
WHEREAS, Sustaining a sense of well-being can be difficult for lawyers because they have a pivotal role in shaping the political and social landscape; and
WHEREAS, The task force on Lawyer Well-Being places the legal profession eighth in terms of occupational suicides; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, That the week of May 6-10, 2024 as Well-Being Week in Law in the City of Philadelphia as we acknowledge the mental health struggles that undergird the legal profession.