PTAB Bar Association

Date/Time

9/30/2025
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Eastern

Event Type(s)

Front Page

Event Description

PTAB Bar Association
Diversity, Women’s, and Young Lawyers & Agents Committees
“From Data to Action: Demystifying Meritocracy”
Tuesday, September 30, 2025 | 9:00amPT, 12:00pmET

The Diversity Committee of the PTAB Bar Association in conjunction with the Women’s Committee, Young Lawyers & Agents Committee, and ChIPs are hosting a webinar, “From Data to Action: Demystifying Meritocracy” on Tuesday, September 30, 2025 at 9:00amPT / 12:00pmET.

PTAB Bar Webinar Registration – Zoom Link

While women and people of color are graduating from law school at ever-increasing rates, they continue to be excluded from advancement to law firm partnerships and the general counsel seat. The issue is acute in intellectual property law where women and people of color are in a particularly small minority. DEI naysayers loudly claim that DEI stands for “didn’t earn it” – and that DEI and meritocracy are mutually exclusive. But the data confirms the opposite—individual women and people of color share the same success rates as anyone else and that inclusive companies perform better than those that exclude others from different backgrounds.

Join us as we debunk the myths around meritocracy. Hear the cutting-edge research, conducted specifically to address the drivers and outcomes of cases within the IP ecosystem. You’ll walk away with useful tools to combat the anti-DEI narrative and learn from real-life examples from leading PTAB attorneys. Leverage how YOU can utilize diverse teams to drive successful outcomes.

Key Take Aways:

Put data into action: How organizations can retain and stop exclusion of their minority employees
What policies make the greatest impact to address bias in organizations
How everyone plays a role in equity in the workplace
A roadmap to make systemic, organizational change that fosters equality

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