Learn how the work is done from the people at Relativity who do it.
Cohort-based academies nerds.family runs with Relativity. Free - and you defend what you built, out loud, to another person.
Next cohort: Engineering (.NET) · 3rd edition Starts October 27
Why Relativity runs this
None of this came from a curriculum.
It came from people at Relativity who showed up. Three and a half minutes on how the programme started and what it is for.
▶ Play · 3:32
Sean Neilsen · Manager of Talent Pathways programming, Relativity
Plays here - nothing starts on its own.
Open cohorts
3 cohorts open. Dated starts.
Every academy is free, and people from Relativity are in its rooms. You join one cohort, and each academy's own page says what the first week asks of you.
Engineering (.NET)
beginner
Week one assumes Basics of Git · B2 English · VS/VSCode basics · OOP basics · +4 more
- 3rd edition - starts October 27
Product Management
beginner
Week one assumes Interest in product roles · Basic communication skills · Availability · Openness to learn · +1 more
- 3rd edition - starts October 27
What the work looks like
You defend
everything you build.
- Group sessions with people from Relativity sit on the calendar before your cohort starts, so you know the dates the day you join.
- Two rooms from day one: your cohort, and a help room where people from Relativity answer.
- var matters = _db.Matters.Where(m => m.AccountId == id).ToList(); - foreach (var m in matters) { m.Tags = _db.Tags.Where(t => t.MatterId == m.Id).ToList(); } + await foreach (var row in _export.StreamForAccountAsync(id, ct)) + await writer.WriteAsync(row);
Tomek · defence, project 3
Streaming was the right call. Now tell me what happens when a client asks for a year of matters and the connection drops halfway.
Who you learn with
The people who build the product.
They volunteer for this from inside Relativity - on top of the work they already do there. One of them sits on your final defence.
Tomasz Cekalo
mentor
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Abhishek Sarihan
Product Management
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Carolyn VanderMolen
Customer Success
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Clare Longworth
Customer Success
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Corey Ward
Engineering (.NET)
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Dominika Sikorska
Engineering (.NET)
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Erin Tomine
Product Management
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Gabriela Mis
Product Management
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Hannah Woodruff
Product Management
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Ivan Alfaro
Product Management
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Jonathan Lougheed
Customer Success
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Marcos Farias
Engineering (.NET)
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Mateusz Zmuda
Product Management
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Matt Johlie
Product Management
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Sean Neilsen
Customer Success
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Travis Boatman
Engineering (.NET)
Who runs this
Relativity
Founded in 2001. The academy programme started in 2020 and has been called Relevate since 2025.
Where they are
- Chicago (HQ)
- Kraków
- London
- Sydney
Headquarters at 231 S. LaSalle, Chicago - 100,000 sq ft.
What they put their name on
- Justice for Change
- Stellar Women
- Rel Labs
- AI Visionaries
- Relativity Academic
- Relevate - you are here
Built with
- One Million Degrees
- Braven
- Year Up
- Hearty Foundation
Great Place to Work Certified 2025-2026 · Chicago Tribune Top Workplaces 2025 · Diamenty Forbesa 2023 (Poland)
1,500+
people worldwide
~650
of them in Chicagoland
300k+
users of RelativityOne
~40
countries; users include 198 of the Am Law 200
One decision left
Join the next cohort. It costs nothing but your evenings.
Each academy has its own page, one click away on its row, and it says what the first week asks of you.