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| Volunteer, attend, participate, engage... |
| CMCP provides the opportunities. Those who actively participate reap the benefits. |
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| Be a CMCP Member |
| If not already a member, join CMCP. Click here for membership application. | | If you are a CMCP member, continue to support CMCP and retain your member benefits by paying your annual dues when invoiced. | |
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| Promote CMCP & Your Membership on Your Organization's Website |
Add CMCP’s logo to your diversity page, with a link to CMCP’s website. Encourage your entire staff to check our website & participate in CMCP activities. CMCP Logo (JPG) | CMCP Logo (PNG) |
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| Promote CMCP on Social Media |
| Follow CMCP on Twitter, join CMCP’s LinkedIn group, and become a fan on Facebook. | | Use your favorite social media to promote your involvement in CMCP, along with CMCP s and programs relevant to your career. | |
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| Minority Lawyer Locator |
| CMCP Member Primary Contacts: Keep your organization’s contact information, practice areas and minority attorney lists up to date. | | Minority Attorney Members: Keep your individual attorney profile current. If you don’t have an individual attorney profile, create it today. Click here for details on how to create one. | |
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| Attend CMCP Events |
| Every CMCP event is an opportunity to connect with new people and networks. Attendees, both in-house and outside counsel, come expecting to meet high quality attorneys who value diversity and inclusion. | | Set a goal to meet at least 5 new people at every event. Business and job opportunities come from all sources – sometimes from in-house counsel seeking outside counsel for work, but also from law firm colleagues, referrals from someone in-house to a colleague in another company, and referrals from CMCP staff. | |
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| Write an Article |
| Submit an article for publication in CMCP’s E-Newsletter – a great way for your peers, clients and prospects see your published work. Click here for details. | |
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| Volunteer for a Subcommittee or for an Ad-Hoc Committee |
| Volunteer for one of CMCP’s existing subcommittees. Click here for details. | | Volunteer to be considered for CMCP Ad Hoc Committees formed from time to time to undertake specific projects. | |
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| Be a CMCP Program Speaker |
| Send CMCP information on the areas of expertise about which you are qualified to speak. Include information about past speaking engagements on the topic. If you have a good panel idea, bring it to CMCP with details on its structure, realistic potential speakers and possible venues. | |
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| Send CMCP Your Success Stories |
| Let us promote your successes in CMCP e-Bulletins, the e-Newsletter and/or on our website. | |
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| Sponsor or Host a CMCP Event |
| Be an Annual Program Sponsor, an Annual Business Conference Sponsor or sponsor/host a specific CMCP event. Click here for sponsor/host benefits & details. | |
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| Annual Business Conference |
| Attend the conference & take advance of 1-1/2 days filled with opportunities to connect - through Corporate Connections interviews and otherwise. Connections are made & business/job opportunities are created during the entire conference, so come prepared to meet new people everywhere - in the hallways, at the receptions, riding the elevators. | | Law Firms & Corporations: Include associates and junior partners, and non-managing attorneys, among those you send. A number of conference programs focus on professional development and connections for younger attorneys. Let CMCP help you in your business development efforts. | | In-House Counsel: Send attorneys from your company to participate in Corporate Connections (conference registration is free for in-house attorneys who do these interviews). Encourage your attorneys to attend the entire conference. The professional development activities and connections made during the entire conference are as important to in-house counsel as law firm attendees. | |
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| Use CMCP as your Primary Referral Source for Attorneys of Color |
| Whether to find outside counsel for specific work in a specific geographical region, to find new candidates for open job positions, or to find the right attorneys to provide a CLE program for your in-house law department tailored to your specific needs. | |
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