What is mission of the MCN?
Tuckett: The mission of the MCN is to advance DuPont, the DuPont Legal Model, the members of the MCN and the profession. The MCN’s primary function is to promote and provide networking opportunities and professional development for attorneys of color within the DuPont Legal network. We try to accomplish that through various programs throughout the year, culminating in our annual Minority Counsel Conference. The MCN actually was started as a conference and as time went on it was formalized into a year-round network. Editor: DuPont also has non-attorney vendors or service providers. Do they have a separate network, or do they also participate in the networks you’ve mentioned? Tuckett: The Primary Service Providers participate in the Primary Law Firm Network and meet together with the PLFs at the annual PLF meeting. Also, some of our Primary Service Providers have attended MCN conferences and, I believe, some of the DWLN conferences as well. Editor: In your opinion, how do the MCN members
