Full Text of SR0298 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate support the | 3 | | students of Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, John Marshall | 4 | | Law School, Northern Illinois University College of Law, | 5 | | University of Chicago Law School, Southern Illinois University | 6 | | School of Law, Chicago-Kent College of Law, DePaul University | 7 | | College of Law, Loyola University Chicago School of Law, and | 8 | | University of Illinois College of Law and their pledge to | 9 | | improve the well-being and mental health of their campuses and | 10 | | to better address mental health issues among lawyers, starting | 11 | | with law students; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Improving wellness and advancing legal education | 13 | | are synchronized interests; addressing these issues within the | 14 | | State's communities will result in happier and healthier | 15 | | individuals and better students and contributing members of the | 16 | | legal profession; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, The legal profession has a lengthy history of | 18 | | substance abuse and often penalizes individuals seeking help; | 19 | | poor student or practitioner health is not a necessary | 20 | | byproduct of a rigorous legal education and needs to be treated | 21 | | as the scourge of the profession that it is; students left | 22 | | behind are not due to a failure of personal strength but are | 23 | | testaments to the collective failure to uplift one another and |
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| 1 | | raise the standards of the legal trade; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Law school student bar associations are joining | 3 | | efforts to facilitate well-being and recognize mental health | 4 | | issues, to listen to the concerns of the students and be | 5 | | responsive to their well-being and mental health struggles, and | 6 | | to build a school atmosphere where well-being and mental health | 7 | | is recognized as an immediate issue which deserves attention | 8 | | and resolution; therefore, be it
| 9 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 10 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we recognize the need | 11 | | to end the stigma surrounding mental health, stand in support | 12 | | of the efforts by the law schools of our State to provide | 13 | | better access to care, and urge them to continue in their | 14 | | efforts to address this issue; and be it further
| 15 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 16 | | presented to the student bar association presidents: Richard C. | 17 | | Minott, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law; Hannah G. Johnson, | 18 | | John Marshall Law School; Victor Zamora, Northern Illinois | 19 | | University College of Law; Mihai F. Chitulescu, University of | 20 | | Chicago Law School; Jacob Welch, Southern Illinois University | 21 | | School of Law; Dawn Peacock, Chicago-Kent College of Law; | 22 | | Ashlee Germany, DePaul University College of Law; Brian P. | 23 | | Gibbons, Loyola University Chicago School of Law; and Ashley G. |
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| 1 | | Kennedy, University of Illinois College of Law as an expression | 2 | | of our esteem and respect.
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