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Recognizing the week of May 6-10, 2024 as Well-Being Week in Law in the City of Philadelphia.

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Status
Adopted
Type
Resolution
Introduced
May 9, 2024
Sponsors
Jeffery Young, Jr.Nicolas O'RourkeBrian J. O'NeillQuetcy LozadaIsaiah ThomasJim HarrityKendra BrooksAnthony PhillipsCPCouncil President JohnsonKatherine Gilmore Richardson

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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.

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  1. UnanimousCITY COUNCIL

    ADOPTED

    Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.

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    A motion was made that this Resolution be ADOPTED. The motion carried by a unanimous vote.

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    ProceduralCITY COUNCIL

    Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar

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    This Resolution was Introduced and Ordered Placed On This Week's Final Passage Calendar.

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