WMACCA Mission Statement
It is the mission of WMACCA to be the preeminent provider of educational programming and networking opportunities for attorneys who practice law as employees in corporations and other private sector organizations in this region. To fulfill this mission, WMACCA will promote the common interests of its members, contribute to their continuing legal education, seek to improve understanding of the role and value of in-house counsel, work with regulatory and government agencies and other officials, as appropriate, to advocate the interests of our membership, and encourage advancements in the standards of corporate legal practice. WMACCA also will provide its members with meaningful opportunities to satisfy their pro bono responsibilities.
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Purpose
WMACCA is organized and operated to assist in-house corporate counsel in Washington, D.C., the Commonwealth of Virginia, and suburban Maryland in their professional endeavors. We accomplish this purpose through the identification, discussion, clarification, and sharing of legal information and related matters that are pertinent to individuals who are engaged in the active practice of law inside of organizations in the private sector and do not hold themselves out to the public for the practice of law.
Objectives
- To provide a forum for discussion of the concerns of corporate legal counsel in our service area.
- To provide research, educational programs, publications, and the exchange of information with respect to legal matters of general interest to corporate counsel.
- To gather and transmit information affecting corporate legal counsel to members of WMACCA and to other concerned corporate counsel.
- To foster and promote education and advanced knowledge about the in-house practice of law, as it relates to matters involving or affecting corporations or other private- sector organizations, and to advocate on regulations and/or issues concerning in-house practice and practitioners.
- Such other and further means as may be necessary and proper to accomplish the aforesaid purposes, including the raising of funds through grants, gifts, devises, bequests or otherwise for the carrying out of said purposes and objectives.
WMACCA shall accomplish these purposes and objectives by sharing information, experiences and methods, furnishing assistance to corporate counsel, and through the establishment and maintenance of close cooperation among all members of WMACCA.
