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Causes: Civil Rights, Minority Rights
Mission: The mcca mission is to advance the hiring, retention, and promotion of diverse attorneys in legal departments and the law firms that serve them.
Programs: Mcca hosts a national awards gala and other smaller regional networking events. The national event recognizes corporate leaders in the advancement of diversity in the legal industry. The smaller regional events recognize law firm departments for their exceptional work in the field of diversity and will also help local counsel network among peers and share ideas.
mcca produces a variety of research and educational material including: - tracking the inegration of the federal judiciary - the impact of law firm compensation systems on women - workplace 2020: what gen y attorneys experience and expect - report on in-house legal internship programs - corporate diversity best practices (lime green book) - law firm diversity challenges and recommended practices (red book) - examining lgbt inclusion and recommended practices (lavender book) - cross-gender and cross-race mentoring (yellow book) - career advancement in corporate law departments (pink book) - measurement in diversity initiatives (burgundy book) - bridges and barriers to success in large law firms (purple book) - recommended practices for the law firm chief diversity officer (blue book) - annual chief diversity officer surveys - survey of minority- and women-owned law firms regarding economic challenges - various white papers on recent court rulings
mcca hosts annual conferences at which attendees learn about recent developments and trends on a variety of legal topics and diversity.