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FORCE ON MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS
Justice Broderick’s moving and impactful account hit a nerve, to say the very least. At the conclusion of his
Our current roster includes: Sandra Barton of Toronto; Hon. John Broderick, Jr. of Bedford, N.H.; James Brown of New Orleans (Chair); Hon. Patricia Dodge of Pittsburgh; Dicky Grigg of Austin; Charles (“Chad”) Joseph of Baltimore; Diane MacArthur of Chicago; Don McKinney of New Orleans; Stephen Schwarz of Rochester, N.Y.; and Julie Willoughby of Juneau, AL.
presentation, President Susan Harriman took to the dais to announce that she would call for the College’s Executive Committee to take action to address the mental health issues facing the trial bar. That same day, I approached President Harriman in Key Biscayne and volunteered to lead the initiative in whatever form it might take. A few weeks later, the Executive Committee approved the formation of a Task Force on Mental Health Awareness and President Harriman asked me to chair it. Within hours of the announcement of the Task Force initiative, President Harriman and I received e-mails and phone calls from Fellows around the U.S. and Canada asking to join. The Task Force membership coalesced in the following days.
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