Laith gives students and early-career talent a way to practice real projects with real teams through short Clinics and structured Missions
Laith is for you if:
You’re a student or early-career learner who wants more than grades and certificates.
You learn best by doing – figuring things out, writing, researching, coordinating, talking to people.
You want to be useful on a team, not just “promising on paper.
You’re willing to show up, follow through, and take feedback seriously.
We’re not here to “fix” you.
We’re here to give you clean practice reps on real work – with enough structure that you don’t drown.
We break real-world practice into three layers:
1
Clinics – focused skill sessions
Short, practical sessions where you work on one core skill at a time, like:
Communication for work (updates, emails, presenting) Project Management (timelines, ownership, follow-ups)AI for work (using tools to think, not just copy-paste)
You don’t sit and listen. You do small exercises, get examples, and get feedback.
2
Missions – 3–6 week projects with real teams
Once you’ve built some reps in Clinics, you can be invited into Missions:
Small teams working on a real problem from a partner organization
Clear brief, milestones, and “what good looks like”
Regular check-ins so you’re not guessing alone
This is where you prove you can actually show up and deliver.
3
Fellowship – deeper track (coming soon)
The Fellowship is for learners who show they’re serious and consistent.
Deeper missions
More responsibility
Closer support from mentors and partners
In the pilot phase, we’re starting with Clinics and Missions and building up from there.
Learners enter Laith in two ways:
Through partner
campuses and programs
Students at colleges, universities, and innovation programs we partner with (like community colleges and design / innovation centers). You join Clinics and Missions through your school as part of a specific pilot.
As individual
applicants
Early-career learners who find Laith and apply directly.
We review applications and invite a small number into Clinics and Missions, based on fit and capacity.
We’re starting small and focused on purpose.
Our first pilots are anchored in North America, with:
Learners coming from Chicago-area colleges and partner programs, and a small invited group of individual learners who can collaborate in US-friendly time zones.
Missions and Clinics are run remotely, so your location doesn’t have to be Chicago – but in this early phase, we’re prioritising people whose schedules and communication style fit well with our partner teams.
As we test and refine the model with these early cohorts, we’ll open more spots and more locations. If you’re outside this initial region, you can still join the waitlist and hear when new Clinics and Missions open up.
In a typical Laith journey, you might:
Join a Clinic on “Communication for Work”
Practice writing status updates, stakeholder emails, or short Loom walkthroughs
Get feedback on your work – what’s clear, what’s confusing, what would fly in a real team
Join a Mission with a small group, working on a scoped problem from a startup or program
Present your work back to the partner org and reflect on what you’d do better next time
You leave with specific stories, not just “I’m passionate and a fast learner.”
We’re keeping the early cohorts intentionally small so we can actually support people and learn what works.
If you’d like to be considered for future Clinics and Missions – whether as a student at a partner campus or an individual learner – add your name to the list below.
