• ALL PSN participants MUST be a confirmed registrant of the 2020 Pathways Conference prior to the application being considered.  There is no additional cost to participate.
• Corporate Legal Departments:
  • In-house counsel MUST have the authority to hire outside counsel directly; but
  • In-house counsel do not have to be members (however, members receive preference in the matching/selection process).
• Law Firms:
  • Law firm participant MUST be MCCA members (or pre-approved affinity organizations) and CANNOT participate solely as a conference sponsor (non-MCCA member attorneys MUST provide a verification of good standing from the affiliate bar association prior to application being considered);
  • Law firm participant MUST complete the PSN application (which is found in the conference registration);
  • Law firm participant MUST be a DIVERSE PARTNER (MCCA’s definition of diversity includes gender, race/ethnicity, LGBTQ+, veterans/service members and attorneys with disabilities);
  • Law firm participant MUST provide their attorney profile and/or resume to complete their PSN application; and
  • Law firm participant MUST provide a profile of their firm to complete their PSN application.
• Legal Service Providers (non-law firms):
  • Legal service providers MUST be 2020 Pathways Conference sponsors to participate in the Pitch Session Network; and
  • Legal service providers MUST provide their profile to complete their PSN application.

Please contact Felipe Braga at fbraga@mcca.com with any questions or concerns regarding the MCCA Pitch Session Network.

• In-house counsel may participate in the PSN at no cost, however, the in-house counsel MUST:
  • Have the authority to hire outside counsel; and
  • Be a confirmed registered attendee for the 2020 Pathways Conference.
• All law firm partners MUST:
  • Be a diverse partner (MCCA’s definition of diversity includes gender, race/ethnicity, LGBTQ+, veterans/service members and attorneys with disability);
  • Be employees of law firms that are MCCA members (or pre-approved affinity organizations); and
  • Be a confirmed registered attendee for the 2020 Pathways Conference.
• Legal service providers (that are not law firms) must be a sponsor of the 2020 Pathways Conference to participate in PSN.

Please refer to the section“Eligibility Criteria for Pitch Session Network Participants”.

• Law firm applications that match the requirements of the participating corporate legal department(s) will be forwarded to each in-house counsel for their review.
• In-house counsel will then select which law firm partner they are interested in meeting.
• Law firm partners and in-house counsel will be provided a list of participating legal service providers and a description of their services. They will decide which legal service providers (that are not law firms) they want to meet with based on the services they are seeking.

PSN participants will receive notifications of PSN meetings once in-house counsel make and relay their selections to MCCA, which may not be made until close to the date of the scheduled meeting. If selected, PSN participants should receive an update a week before the conference, but it is possible for PSN participants to receive notification the day before the conference.

Law Firm partners may bring other attorneys from their MCCA Member Law Firm to PSN, ONLY IF ALL OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN MET:

• Each proposed accompanying attorney is a confirmed registrant of the conference;
• Each proposed accompanying attorney has completed the PSN Application form;
• Each proposed accompanying attorney has the qualifications to meet the needs requested by the in-house counsel; and
• The in-house counsel consent to meeting with the proposed accompanying attorney.

• There is no cost for in-house counsel to participate in the PSN.
• Law firm attorneys that are interested in participating in the PSN must be employees of MCCA member law firms (or pre-approved affiliate affinity organizations) and must be registered for the 2021 Pathways Conference.
  • For more information on registration, click here.
• Legal service providers (non-law firms) must be 2021 Pathways Conference sponsors in order to participate in the PSN.
  • For more information on sponsorship, click here.

Each PSN meeting will be 30 minutes in duration. There will be a 5-minute warning before the end of each meeting. If you arrive late to your scheduled meeting time, the meeting time will NOT be extended.

The session schedule will be strictly adhered to, in order to ensure all PSN participants meet as scheduled.

MCCA reserves the right to:

• Determine the availability of diverse law firm attorneys and in-house counsel applicants; and
• Limit the number of diverse law firm attorneys to the in-house counsel participant.