Get started now on the path to your new career in tech

Welcome to the Justice Reskill community! We created our organization with you, the student, in mind. It is exclusively designed to help you travel the path from where you are at today to securing a rewarding career that pays you a salary above living wage working in the technical industry. As a student, you are starting a new journey of learning, growth, and exploration - in a new field, but likely similar to other achievements in your life. This journey is not an easy one, and it will require hard work, commitment, and passion at every step. Those who rise to meet the challenges on their path will be rewarded with a fulfilling and empowering new career in tech.

The Justice Reskill program is exclusively designed for the justice-involved community across America. We define justice-involved to include those who have experienced an arrest, jail, prison, or juvenile detention time, or who have received a suspended sentence or court-mandated diversion program. If this has been a part of your life experience and you are interested in securing a tech career, Justice Reskill is the program for you!

Join Our Community

Joining the Justice Reskill community is the first step on your journey towards a new life path. In December 2021, we are launching the first of its kind, 100% free, online learning community for the justice-involved community across America. We’ll offer resources, connections, workshops and content specifically designed for you. Sign up here to be notified when we launch.

If you are ready to join an upcoming cohort, click here and submit your application.

Pick a Learning Path

We’ve developed a number of learning paths for you to enter into the technical industry in a way that fits your unique skills and interests. Our goal is to help you secure an above-living-wage career in tech. Our current learning tracks include Software Engineering, Technical Sales, and Technical Recruiting. We are launching our Data Learning track soon.

Complete a Paid Apprenticeship

Classroom learning will only take you so far. After successful completion of your learning path, we offer a full-time, paid apprenticeship program. You’ll spend approximately 80% of your time building real-world client projects and 20% of your time on project-related advanced learning workshops taught by industry experts. The program lasts at least six months but can be as long as 12 months. Note: this program is currently only available for graduates of our Software Engineering program, located at our Denver Headquarters.

Your New Career

At this point, you’ve invested time into learning new technical skills. You’ve built production quality websites and apps for our amazing clients. You can point to the lessons you’ve learned along the way. And now, our team and community is ready to help you launch your new career.

After your apprenticeship, some of you will be hired as an official engineer, sales rep and data engineer with our in-house agency - JR Launch. You’ll continue to build applications for our clients while helping to mentor the next generation of students coming up behind you.

Hiring Partners

Our real vision is to see hundreds and thousands of our graduates working with amazing tech companies all over the world. After completing your apprentice program and some advanced interview prep, most of you will be suited to interview with our growing family of hiring partners including soona, Ibotta, Checkr, Parsable, Cisco, and Mainstreet.

Learning Paths

We’ve developed a number of paths for you to enter into the technical industry in a way that fits your unique skills and interests. Our goal is to help you secure an above-living-wage career in tech - and we have a few options to get you there.

Phase 0 - Intro to Tech

Transitioning into the world of tech can be overwhelming. Many of our students enter our programs with little to no experience working with modern technology tools. So we’ve designed a special intro course to get you started. Our Phase 0 course will help you chart a path for your future while teaching you the foundational modern tech tools, including Zoom, Slack, the Google Suite, and more. During this course, each student will take a Skills Assessment test by our partners at PAIRIN and in-house logic test. From there, we’ll help you decide which of the following tracks is best for you!

Software Engineering

Our flagship program is our Software Engineering track. Through our customized curriculum and project-based structure, students learn today’s cutting-edge development technologies. The program prepares graduates for software engineering roles at top-tier technology companies.

Our curriculum starts with a front-end focus, covering web development technologies like Javascript, DOM manipulation, testing, Git/terminal/Github, AJAX, jQuery, Express, and React. We then tackle entry-level back-end technologies like NodeJS, MongoDB, and more. For the final two weeks of your program, you’ll complete a capstone project, which is showcased to our entire community during one of our quarterly demo days.

Typical careers: Front End Web Developer; Junior/Associate Engineer

Salary Median: $97000 (Built in Colorado)

Technical Sales

Our Technical Sales learning track equips you to secure an entry-level role as a Sales Development Rep (SDR), sometimes called Business Development Reps (BDRs) . SDRs work on companies' sales teams, focusing on sourcing and qualifying prospective leads. SDRs are key to the success of businesses across multiple industries. Gritly is our learning partner that provides the content for this track.

Typical careers: Sales Development Rep

Salary Median: $48,000 (Built in Colorado)

Technical Recruiting

Through our Technical Recruiting learning track, you can work to secure a role as a Technical Recruiter at one of many well-respected companies. Technical recruiting consists of sourcing talent for the tech industry, including a variety of specialties. Recruiters should have a strong knowledge of tech jargon and foundational technical skills. Recruiting Innovation is our learning partner that provides the content for this track.

Typical careers: Technical Recruiter

Salary Median: $80,405 (Built in Colorado)

Coming Soon

To meet the demand of our hiring partners and the tech industry in general, we are launching two new exciting learning tracks. By early Q1 of 2022, we will launch our Data track, and later in the quarter we’ll launch our Product Management track.

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Student Community

Community is a core value at Justice Reskill. Any justice-involved person in America can join our online community portal to access some of our resources and connect with us, 100% free of charge. For community members who are interested in landing a technical career, we offer the option to apply for one of our upcoming cohorts. Once accepted, you’ll have access to even more resources, such as our Slack workspace, additional mental health resources, and more tools to support you in your journey. And the community doesn’t end when you graduate -- we’ll stick with you as you launch your career and start to make your mark on the tech industry and the world.

Apprentice Program

Our apprenticeship program is designed to help our students gain real-world experience in the tech field. This experience is invaluable as it helps those who are new to the industry build their resume with high-quality projects, make valuable industry connections, and get a feel for what it’s really like to work in tech. This is a paid 12-month apprenticeship, with opportunities to work alongside our developers at JR Launch and with top-tier companies like soona, Zivaro, and more. We believe that our apprenticeship sets a strong foundation for a long-lasting, rewarding career in the tech field.

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Ready to start a new life changing path?

Fill out the application below and someone from our Student Team will be in touch with you as soon as we can. If you have any questions or need an accommodation of any kind, please contact us here.

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FAQs

What is Justice Reskill?

Justice Reskill is an equity-centered startup social enterprise empowering true economic stability for the justice-involved community. What this means is that Justice Reskill teaches justice-involved individuals coding and specialized tech skills, allowing them to move into high-wage, long-term careers and access opportunities that otherwise may have been out of reach.

What does “Justice Involved” mean at Justice Reskill?

We define justice-involved to include those who have experienced an arrest, jail, prison, or juvenile detention time, or who have received a suspended sentence or court-mandated diversion program.

Who is eligible to apply?

Anyone justice-involved is eligible to apply whether they have recently come home or have a record that is years old. It is not necessary to have any previous experience in tech before joining Justice Reskill as a student.

How much does it cost to join Justice Reskill?

There is no cost to join Justice Reskill. Ever.

What is the application process?

You can submit your application here for an upcoming cohort here. Someone from our Student Team will reach out to you to go over the next steps in the process.

What if I don't have a computer/Internet?

No problem, We can provide you with a computer/hotspot for the duration of the program and you can simply return it once you’ve completed your cohort.

What additional support is provided to our students?

Once accepted, you’ll have access to even more resources, such as our Slack workspace, mental health resources, student internships, employment resources and more tools to support you in your journey. And the community doesn’t end when you graduate, we’ll stick with you as you launch your career and start to make your mark on the tech industry and the world.