Bill Text: IL SR0298 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Supports the efforts of the student bar associations of Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, John Marshall Law School, Northern Illinois University College of Law, University of Chicago Law School, Southern Illinois University School of Law, Chicago-Kent College of Law, DePaul University College of Law, Loyola University Chicago School of Law, and University of Illinois College of Law to recognize and better address mental health issues among lawyers, starting with law students.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-04-15 - Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Rachelle Crowe [SR0298 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SR0298-Introduced.html
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1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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