Practice XYZ, Inc., formerly known as ApprenNet, Inc., is a Philadelphia-based educational technology startup company founded in 2011 by Emily Foote and Drexel University School of Law Professor Karl Okamoto.
[2][3] With LawMeets, students enact their response to a legal problem, and can not only then review their own performance, but also receive feedback, including critiques by experts.
[5][6] In 2016, ApprenNet changed its name to Practice XYZ, Inc.[7] In 2012, the National Science Foundation awarded Okamoto a $500,000 grant to expand LawMeets' approach to learning in other disciplines.
[9][10] Jacobs was hired to lead ApprenNet in an expansion from its original focus on educating lawyers to applying its online teaching technology in training health care professionals, college level instructors, and K-12 teachers.
[11][12] In June 2016, ApprenNet changed its name to Practice and announced a $4 million Series A fundraising round.