ADAPT.legal

What ADAPT.legal does

ADAPT.legal is a community-driven collective founded in December 2021 by IP professionals from different companies to address diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) challenges in the intellectual property profession. It serves corporate legal departments, patent law firms, students, early-career IP professionals, and IP-focused non-profits primarily in the United States, United Kingdom, and European Union. Founding members include LOT Network, Microsoft, Google, Meta, Cruise, Disney, and Amazon, with subsequent additions including patent law firms (Harrity & Harrity, Fish & Richardson, Finnegan, Dority & Manning, Vorys) and non-profits (Girls Who Code, LEAP, Street Law, NCPP, IP Law Foundation). The organization is governed under California law and operates as a privately held, community-based entity.

The platform is delivered via a Wix-hosted website (adapt.legal) and aggregates three primary offerings: (1) a program and template database of 21 DEI-related programs contributed by member organizations, (2) a mentorship program with approximately 100+ mentors from member companies covering practice areas including patent prosecution, transactions, litigation, legal operations, and legal data science, and (3) the ADAPT Data Analytics Dashboard built on Tableau that tracks diversity metrics in the US Patent Bar. The organization also distributes content through a "Stories" blog, an email newsletter, and an active LinkedIn presence using the #adaptdei hashtag. In 2025, ADAPT launched a Students and Professionals Portal to guide career pathways for aspiring IP professionals.

The business model is freemium membership with no fees currently charged. Members join by emailing ADAPT to express support and gain access to mentorship programs, program templates, scholarship/fellowship clearinghouses, and resource databases. The organization generates no disclosed revenue and is sustained by in-kind and resource contributions from founding member companies. All distribution is digital and self-service through the website, with mentorship applications submitted via Google Forms and program contributions handled via email. Operating status is active with the 2026 mentorship cohort running through December 31, 2026.

Name

ADAPT.legal

Legal name

ADAPT.legal

Website

https://adapt.legal

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

ADAPT.legal is a community-driven collective founded in December 2021 that addresses DEI challenges in the IP profession through a web platform aggregating mentorship programs, scholarship clearinghouses, program templates, and patent bar diversity analytics for students, legal professionals, and member organizations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (54111)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Intellectual Property (IP) Law (BPAHAAAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Law & Legal Studies (EDAGABAH), Specialty Law Schools (e.g., Tax, IP, International, Trial Advocacy) (EDAHAIAF)

Keywords

• DEI mentorship programs
• IP profession resources
• Patent bar analytics
• Legal career mentoring
• Program templates database

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership: Currently there is no membership fee. Membership is free and serves as a way for companies or organizations to show support for ADAPT's initiatives and gain access to the platform's resources, templates, and mentorship programs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

ADAPT.legal is a community-driven collective that provides a shared platform for IP employers (corporate legal teams, law firms, and industry groups) to advance diversity in the patent profession. It delivers a mentorship program, a database of DEI program templates and sponsorship opportunities, a patent bar diversity data analytics dashboard, and scholarship/fellowship clearinghouses. All resources are offered free of charge to member organizations and participating students/early-career IP professionals.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Through Patent Pathways alone, 20 additional Black women will be registered with the USPTO, with 8 women already accepting job offers through the program.
• +3 more outcomes

Segments3 records

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

18 partnerships are on record, tiered founding and member.

• LOT NetworkfoundingStrategic or Co-development PartnerLOT Network is a founding member of ADAPT and co-founded the organization. LOT Network hosts the annual Bridge conference where ADAPT was officially launched. LOT Network is a non-profit community of companies using defensive patent aggregation to protect against patent assertion entities.
• MicrosoftfoundingStrategic or Co-development PartnerMicrosoft is a founding member of ADAPT and contributes the Microsoft Make What's Next Patent Program as a featured program on the ADAPT platform. Microsoft also operates the TEALS program (Technology Education and Learning Support) listed on ADAPT.
• GooglefoundingStrategic or Co-development PartnerGoogle is a founding member of ADAPT and contributes the Google Legal Summer Institute (LSI) program as a featured ADAPT program. The LSI program improves access to in-house careers at tech companies by expanding opportunities for 2L law students.
• Meta PlatformsfoundingStrategic or Co-development PartnerMeta Platforms is a founding member of ADAPT, contributing to the collective of corporate legal teams working to advance DEI in the IP profession.
• AmazonfoundingStrategic or Co-development PartnerAmazon is a founding member of ADAPT, participating in the consortium of IP leaders from major tech companies working to grow and support the IP profession through diversity initiatives.
• CruisefoundingStrategic or Co-development PartnerCruise is a founding member of ADAPT, contributing to the collective effort to address DEI challenges in the patent profession.
• UbermemberStrategic or Co-development PartnerUber is a member of ADAPT and partners with Dority & Manning on the Dority & Uber Legal Scholars Program, providing 1L students exposure to both in-house counsel and private practice roles in IP.
• DisneyfoundingStrategic or Co-development PartnerDisney is a founding member of ADAPT and partners with Microsoft and Girls Who Code on initiatives like GWC Clubs listed on the ADAPT platform.
• Harrity & HarritymemberStrategic or Co-development PartnerHarrity & Harrity contributes multiple programs to ADAPT including the Harrity Academy (free patent law training) and Patent Pathways Program (dedicated to increasing Black women patent attorneys and agents). Patent Pathways aims to add 7%+ to the number of Black women patent practitioners.
• Fish & RichardsonmemberStrategic or Co-development PartnerFish & Richardson contributes the EMPOWERment program (women's group mentoring) and School of Fish (STEM careers in IP scholarship program) to ADAPT. School of Fish provides $1,000 scholarships and LSAT/Patent Bar exam support.
• Street Law, Inc.memberStrategic or Co-development PartnerStreet Law's Legal Career Pipeline Program is featured on ADAPT. The program creates opportunities for law firms and corporate legal departments to teach and inspire high school students about legal careers.
• FinneganmemberStrategic or Co-development PartnerFinnegan contributes Finnegan IP University to ADAPT, a free virtual series introducing students to Technical Specialist careers at IP law firms without requiring a law degree.
• Dority & ManningmemberStrategic or Co-development PartnerDority & Manning contributes the RISE program (Recruiting, Retention, Internal Education, Sustainability & Accountability, and External Engagement) including co-op and internship programs for undergraduate students exploring IP law careers.
• LEAP (Legal Education Access Pipeline)memberStrategic or Co-development PartnerLEAP provides comprehensive pre-law school programming including LSAT prep, mentoring, and moot court competitions. ADAPT members can sponsor or mentor LEAP fellows in California.
• The National Council on Patent Practicum (NCPP)memberStrategic or Co-development PartnerNCPP's Patent Pipeline Program (PPP) is featured on ADAPT. The program seeks to increase women and minorities in the patent profession through partnerships with law firms that have prioritized debiasing efforts. Sponsorship ranges from $15,000-$20,000 per student.
• The IP Law FoundationmemberStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe IP Law Foundation's Sidney B. Williams Jr. Scholar Program provides $30,000 in tuition grants and comprehensive support for students pursuing patent law careers. Companies and firms can mentor scholars or serve as sponsoring employers.
• Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLPmemberStrategic or Co-development PartnerVorys contributes the SAPA Internship Program template to ADAPT, a paid 6-week summer internship where students learn IP basics through the Vorys Patent Academy training and work on real prosecution projects.
• Girls Who CodememberStrategic or Co-development PartnerGirls Who Code partners with Disney and Microsoft on GWC Clubs, free extracurricular programs for 3rd-12th grade girls teaching computer science, featured on ADAPT's platform.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• Street Law, Inc. Runs the Legal Career Pipeline Program featured on ADAPT's platform that brings law firms and corporate legal departments into high schools to inspire legal careers — adjacent ecosystem participant contributing content to ADAPT.

Broad incumbents

• Practising Law Institute (PLI): Long-standing provider of continuing legal education and training for attorneys, including IP — overlaps with ADAPT's educational/training component though as a paid, established incumbent.
• American Bar Association (ABA): The largest professional association for lawyers in the US, running multiple pipeline and diversity initiatives across all practice areas — a broad incumbent in the legal-DEI space relative to ADAPT's IP-only focus.
• National Association of Women Lawyers (NAWL): National organization advancing women in the legal profession through awards, research, and pipeline programs — adjacent mission and constituency to ADAPT with a broader legal (not IP-specific) scope.

Direct peers

• Legal Education Access Pipeline (LEAP): Provides LSAT prep, mentoring, and moot-court programming for underrepresented pre-law students — directly comparable to ADAPT's student-facing pipeline and mentorship offerings.
• National Council on Patent Practicum (NCPP): Operates the Patent Pipeline Program focused on increasing women and minorities in the patent profession — directly overlapping with ADAPT's pipeline mission and serving the same corporate and law-firm sponsor base.
• The IP Law Foundation: Runs the Sidney B. Williams Jr. Scholar Program providing tuition grants and mentorship for students pursuing patent law — overlapping program format, target population, and sponsoring-employer model.
• Minority Corporate Counsel Association (MCCA): National organization advancing diversity in the legal profession through pipeline programs, research, and corporate-law-department engagement — a broader analog of ADAPT's mission with similar employer-sponsored infrastructure.
• Center for Legal Inclusiveness: Drives DEI initiatives across the legal community in Colorado, offering pipeline programs and employer engagement — comparable mission and pipeline-program structure to ADAPT, though regionally focused.
• ChIPs (Network of Women in IP Law): A nonprofit network advancing women in IP law through mentorship, professional development, and community programming. Highly comparable to ADAPT in mission (IP-focused DEI) and format (community-led, corporate-sponsored).

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/adapt-legal

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