Embracing Inclusion in the Legal Profession

Mission and Purpose

Mission:
The mission of the GCMCP is to increase the volume, value, and significance of corporate legal work managed, billed, and performed by minority attorneys by implementing a partnership among corporations, majority-owned law firms, minority-owned law firms, public sector, and charitable and educational organizations.

The GCMCP is founded upon a shared commitment among its member organizations to not only increase the value, volume, and significance of corporate legal work assigned to and controlled by minority attorneys at member firms, but also to increasing diversity and inclusiveness in the Greater Cincinnati legal community generally.

For purposes of fulfilling its mission, the GCMCP defines minority attorneys as Black or African-American, Hispanic or Latino, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, Asian, American Indian, Alaska Native, or two or more races, one of which is listed above.

Purpose:
The GCMCP’s goals are to (1) facilitate collaboration among Greater Cincinnati corporations, majority-& minority-owned law firms, public & non-profit sector entities and associate members in order to provide minority attorneys at member firms with an equal opportunity to compete for corporate and public/non-profit sector legal work and (2) support programs focused on advancing the overall diversity of the Greater Cincinnati legal community.

The GCMCP accomplishes these goals by the following activities and efforts:

• Providing networking and relationship building opportunities among in house counsel and minority attorneys at member firms;
• Highlighting minority lawyer capabilities and legal specialties/practices;
• Facilitating thought leadership programs for members and their guests on diversity related topics ;
• Establishing metrics for evaluating members’ collective progress against goals;
• Sharing best practices for improving diversity with member organizations and the Greater Cincinnati legal community;
• Encouraging all member organizations to support minority lawyers’ efforts to manage and obtain billing/origination credit for work performed for GCMCP member organizations;
• Supporting select “pipeline programs” which are focused on assisting in improving the diversity of the Greater Cincinnati legal community.