Recognizing the week of May 6-10, 2024 as Well-Being Week in Law in the City of Philadelphia. 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.
CITY COUNCIL
This Resolution was Introduced and Ordered Placed On This Week's Final Passage Calendar.
CITY COUNCIL
A motion was made that this Resolution be ADOPTED. The motion carried by a unanimous vote.