In today’s episode, Lisa and Mike talk with two individuals who are extremely passionate about increasing diversity in Patent Law – Elaine Spector and Judy Lee. Elaine is a patent attorney with Harrity & Harrity. Harrity & Harrity is a leader in programs to increase the number of diverse attorneys in patent law. Listen as Elaine describes the various programs Harrity has to increase diversity such as its Minority Firm Incubator program, Annual Women’s Patent Law Workshop, the Harrity Academy and its Patent Pathways program just to name a few. Judy is an Assistant General Counsel, IP at Microsoft, where she has been for the last 12 years supporting Microsoft’s Cloud and AI business. Listen as Judy describes “Advancing Diversity Across Patent Teams” or “ADAPT” of which Microsoft was a founding member in 2021.