The Greater Cincinnati Minority Counsel Program

Cincinnati Bar Center
225 E. 6th Street - Fl. 2
PO Box 498432
Cincinnati, OH 45249
513-769-6519

To join GCMCP requires that your organization commit to our goals and mission of promoting equal opportunity for the minority attorney. GCMCP has outlined specific commitments based upon your organizational structure. Utilize the links below to find out how you can join today!

Corporation

Individual

Majority-Owned Law Firm

Minority-Owned Law Firm

Public Sector

Sponsor Organization

CORPORATION

Corporate members agree to identify and implement specific initiatives on an ongoing basis designed to enhance opportunities for minority attorneys within their organizations and within those organizations with which they do business. Those initiatives include, among other things, best efforts to accomplish the following:

1. Advise all law firms which serve the corporation as outside counsel that

- the corporation is committed to enhancing opportunities for minority attorneys within its organization;

- the corporation expects each such law firm to share that commitment and to take specific steps to enhance such opportunities within its organization. Included among the tools it should consider are recruitment, hiring, retention and advancement programs for minorities within the firm; including minority attorneys within the firm whose experience, background and/or interests suit the legal needs of the corporation within the group of attorneys who represent the corporation, in addition to any other steps that the law firm might take to advance this objective;

- law firms’ actions and results in this area will be considered as a factor in its continued association with the corporation in addition to factors such as quality of work, results, cost effectiveness, etc.

2. Endeavor periodically to assess the performance of outside counsel in utilizing minority attorneys, based on the corporate participant’s own business dealings with outside counsel.

3. Actively pursue initiatives to increase the flow of business going from the corporation to minority attorneys.

4. Endeavor to establish ongoing business relationships with additional minority owned law firms and minority attorneys at majority-owned law firms beyond those the corporation currently employs as outside counsel.

5. Implement recruitment, hiring, retention and advancement programs for minority attorneys within the corporation.

6. Participate in the Annual Evaluation of GCMCP, provide representation at the Mid Year Meeting and the Annual Conference, if such projects are undertaken in any year by the GCMCP.

Membership Fee

GCMCP is member funded. Each corporation member pays an annual (January to January) fee of $2,500 to support our staffing, conferences, web site and all other activities. All payments should be made payable to: The Greater Cincinnati Minority Counsel Program (GCMCP) and mail to: Cincinnati Bar Center, 225 East Sixth Street, Second Floor, P.O. Box 498432, Cincinnati, Ohio 45249.

To join the GCMCP call us at (513) 769-6519, or fill out our membership request form.

INDIVIDUAL

Individual practitioners agree to identify and implement specific initiatives on an on-going basis designed to enhance opportunities for minority attorneys within those organizations with which they do business. Those initiatives include, among other things best efforts to accomplish the following:

1. Enter into joint venture or other formal associations with majority-owned firms, minority-owned firms as well as other individual practitioners, where practicable;

2. Refer, where practicable, conflict situations to other GCMCP member firms, including minority-owned law firms and minority attorneys at majority-owned law firms;

3. Participate in the Annual Evaluation of the GCMCP and provide representation at the Mid Year Meeting and the Annual Conference, if such projects are undertaken in any year by the GCMCP.

Membership Fee

GCMCP is member funded. Each individual member pays an annual (January to January) fee of $100 to support our staffing, conferences, web site and all other activities. All payments should be made payable to: Cincinnati Bar Association. Designate GCMCP on the payment and mail to: Cincinnati Bar Center, 225 East Sixth Street, Second Floor, P.O. Box 498432, Cincinnati, Ohio 45249.

To join the GCMCP call us at (513) 769-6519, or fill out our membership request form.

MAJORITY OWNED LAW FIRMS

Majority-owned law firms agree to identify and implement specific initiatives on an ongoing basis designed to enhance opportunities for minority attorneys within their organizations and within those organizations with which they do business. Those initiatives include, among other things, best efforts to accomplish the following:

1. Implement, recruitment, hiring, retention and advancement programs to foster the representation of minority attorneys at the partnership and associate levels within the firm.

2. Ensure that minority attorneys within the firm whose experience, background and/or interests suit the legal needs of clients are included among those who represent such clients;

3. Initiate, where practicable, joint ventures or other formal associations with minority-owned law firms;

4. Request, where applicable, that all law firms which serve as associate counsel, co-counsel or local counsel to the firm assist in the furtherance of the firm’s commitment to the objectives of the GCMCP through the adoption of these goals;

5. Refer, where practicable, conflict situations to other GCMCP members, including minority-owned law firms and majority-owned law firms;

6. Take such additional steps as are practicable to foster and enhance relations between the majority-owned law firm and minority-owned law firms, including, but not limited to, providing educational and training opportunities in furtherance of the objectives of the GCMCP;

7. Participate in the Annual Evaluation of GCMCP and provide representation at the Mid Year Meeting and the Annual Conference, if such projects are undertaken in any year by the GCMCP.

Membership Fee

GCMCP is member funded. Each majority-owned law firm member pays an annual (January to January) fee of:

- $100 each attorney (0-5 attorneys)

- $1000 (6-10 attorneys)

- $2000 (11-29 attorneys)

- $2500 (30 or more attorneys)

Fees support our staffing, conferences, web site and all other activities. All payments should be made payable to: The Greater Cincinnati Minority Counsel Program (GCMCP) and mail to: Cincinnati Bar Center, 225 East Sixth Street, Second Floor, P.O. Box 498432, Cincinnati, Ohio 45249.

To join the GCMCP call us at (513) 769-6519, or fill out our membership request form.

MINORITY-OWNED LAW FIRMS

Minority-owned law firms agree to identify and implement specific initiatives on an on-going basis designed to enhance opportunities for minority attorneys within their organizations and within those organizations with which they do business. Those initiatives include, among other things best efforts to accomplish the following:

1. Take steps that foster and enhance relations between the minority-owned firm and majority-owned law firms, including, but not limited to, providing educational and training opportunities in furtherance of the objectives of the GCMCP;

2. Enter into joint venture or other formal associations with majority-owned firms as well as other minority-owned firms, where practicable;

3. Refer, where practicable, conflict situations to other GCMCP member firms, including minority-owned law firms and minority attorneys at majority-owned law firms;

4. Participate in the Annual Evaluation of the GCMCP and provide representation at the Mid Year Meeting and the Annual Conference, if such projects are undertaken in any year by the GCMCP.

Membership Fee

GCMCP is member funded. Each minority-owned law firm member pays an annual (January to January) fee of:

- $100 each attorney (0-5 attorneys)

- $1000 (6-10 attorneys)

- $2000 (11-29 attorneys)

- $2500 (30 or more attorneys)

To join the GCMCP call us at (513) 769-6519, or fill out our membership request form.

PUBLIC SECTOR ORGANIZATIONS

Public sector organizations agree to identify and implement specific initiatives on an ongoing basis designed to enhance opportunities for minority attorneys within their organizations and within those organizations with which they do business. Those initiatives include, among other things, best efforts to accomplish the following:

1. Advise all law firms which serve the organization as outside counsel that

- the organization is committed to enhance opportunities for minority attorneys within its organization;

- the organization expects each such law firm to share its commitment and to take specific steps to enhance such opportunities within its organization, including, among other things, implementing recruitment, hiring, retention, and advancement programs for minorities within the firm; including minority attorneys within the firm whose experience, background and/or interests suit the legal needs of the organization within the group of attorneys who represent the organization; and initiating joint ventures or formal associations with minority-owned law firms, where practicable;

- and the law firms’ continued association with the organization will be assessed on an ongoing basis by the organization based in significant part on the law firms’ results in enhancing opportunities for minority attorneys within their firms.

2. Endeavor periodically to assess the performance of outside counsel in utilizing minority attorneys based on the public sector organization’s own business dealings with outside counsel;

3. Actively pursue initiatives to increase the flow of business going form the organization to minority attorneys in minority and/or majority-owned firms;

4. Endeavor to establish ongoing business relationships with additional minority-owned law firms and/or minority attorneys at majority-owned law firms beyond those the organization currently employs as outside counsel;

5. Implement recruitment, hiring, retention and advancement programs to ensure the representation of minority attorneys within the organization;

6. Participate in the Annual Evaluation of the GCMCP and provide representation at the Mid Year Meeting and the Annual Conference, if such projects are undertaken in any year by the GCMCP.

Membership Fee

GCMCP is member funded. Each public sector organization (PSO) member with the proper documentation is exempt from fees. If you are interested in joining as a PSO, please contact the GCMCP office.

SPONSOR ORGANIZATIONS

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