ABOUT

CCWC was founded in 2004 with the mission to support and empower the career and professional development, advancement, and the voices of women of color in the legal profession.

Today, CCWC has expanded to become one of the nation’s largest organizations for corporate in-house attorneys, who work for Fortune 1000 and Forbes 2000 Legal Departments. In addition, CCWC represents over 10,000 lawyers, judges, lawyer entrepreneurs, and law students. CCWC’s breadth and reach extend to every region of the United States, as well as Asia, Europe, Africa, and South America. Corporate Counsel Women of Color is in Special Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council since 2023.

The organization’s power rests in the strength, talent, skills, credentials, and knowledge base that its members collectively possess.

The group is represented in over 900 companies from the airline, automotive, apparel, banking, beverage, computer, cosmetic, construction, defense, energy, entertainment, financial, furniture, food, gas, health, home improvement, hospitality, insurance, internet, oil, pharmaceutical, postal, medical, retail, technology, telecommunications, mass media, sports, and transportation industries.

The group also has an expansive and extraordinary wealth of knowledge, which encompasses diverse legal disciplines, including but not limited to: administrative, advertising, affirmative action, anti-piracy, antitrust, banking, cable, commercial transactions, contracts, copyright, corporate, dispute management, domestic and cross-border, e-commerce, education, electric franchise, employment, entertainment, environmental, finance, first amendment, franchise, intellectual property, governance, Indian and tribal, international business transactions, labor, licensing, litigation, lottery, management, marketing, media, music, patents, private equity, real estate, regulatory, sales, securities, technology, trade secrets, and trademarks.

Membership is open to all.