Recent Law School Graduates
Paralegals
Law firm Associates
Legal Professionals Transitioning into a Commercial Practice
Business Development Professionals
Law Firms
Industry (In-House Legal and Business Teams)
Government and Public Sector Lawyers
Recent Law School Graduates
Paralegals
Law firm Associates
Legal Professionals Transitioning into a Commercial Practice
Business Development Professionals
Law Firms
Industry (In-House Legal and Business Teams)
Government and Public Sector Lawyers
Learn how to efficiently unpack complex agreements through our unique review process. Through the RIkka method, you’ll learn to optimize contract provisions to be clear, precise, structured, and business-oriented.
Our courses include in-depth analyses of highly realistic scenarios, providing you with valuable insights into the complexities of modern legal practice. These scenarios simulate the time pressure, asymmetric information, and pace of a real-world deal, helping you develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills that are essential for a successful legal career.
Our courses emphasize proven methodologies for real-world applications, providing you with practical skills that go beyond theoretical knowledge. You’ll gain hands-on experience that prepares you for the complexities of modern legal practice.
Our Facilitators are seasoned legal professionals and practice experts with years of experience from top law firms, in-house legal departments, and government roles. They provide valuable insights, helping you navigate your career path.
Our training can be a significant differentiator in your professional growth. Our alumni have gone on to succeed in legal careers across top firms and companies.
Our courses are designed to accommodate your busy schedule, offering varied learning options to suit your needs.
Charlyn is a seasoned deal lawyer who brings a wealth of experience from the business and legal worlds to her practice. She has deep experience in drafting and negotiating complex commercial agreements, including strategic partnerships, cloud service agreements, data licensing and other technology agreements. In her practice, she also counsels clients on privacy, cybersecurity, and data issues.
She is dedicated to mentoring and training young lawyers and legal professionals, empowering them to navigate the complex legal and regulatory landscape. She has been a faculty member of several legal education institutions, including the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) and the Practicing Law Institute (PLI).
Charlyn has taught courses on contract drafting relating to technology transactions, artificial intelligence and privacy issues to the legal departments of Fortune 10 companies. She is also a Forbes.com contributor and member of the Harvard Business Review Advisory Council.
Before launching Rikka Academy, Charlyn was a partner in the Technology Transactions & Privacy Group at Perkins Coie, one of the largest law firms in the United States. Before Perkins Coie, she was an associate at Arent Fox and Cravath, Swaine & Moore. Prior to her life as a lawyer, she cut her teeth negotiating multi-billion dollar contracts in the U.S. Navy to construct, overhaul, refuel and maintain nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and submarines.
Charlyn is currently the Founder and CEO of Rikka, a multidisciplinary organization that includes Rikka Academy, Rikka Law, Rikka Government, and Rikka Insights.
McLean is an experienced deal lawyer with over 20+ years of experience advising on complex technology transactional matters for clients predominantly in the IT, software, telecom, healthcare, and financial services sectors.
McLean regularly drafts and negotiates a broad range of commercial agreements, including cloud computing (SaaS, IaaS, and PaaS), professional services, reseller, asset transfer, confidentiality, data protection, and technology and IP licensing agreements.
Learn how to efficiently unpack complex agreements through our unique review process. Through the RIkka method, you’ll learn to optimize contract provisions to be clear, precise, structured, and business-oriented.
Our courses include in-depth analyses of highly realistic scenarios, providing you with valuable insights into the complexities of modern legal practice. These scenarios simulate the time pressure, asymmetric information, and pace of a real-world deal, helping you develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills that are essential for a successful legal career.
Our courses emphasize proven methodologies for real-world applications, providing you with practical skills that go beyond theoretical knowledge. You’ll gain hands-on experience that prepares you for the complexities of modern legal practice.
Our Facilitators are seasoned legal professionals and practice experts with years of experience from top law firms, in-house legal departments, and government roles. They provide valuable insights, helping you navigate your career path.
Our training can be a significant differentiator in your professional growth. Our alumni have gone on to succeed in legal careers across top firms and companies.
Our courses are designed to accommodate your busy schedule, offering varied learning options to suit your needs.
What do you get from investing in a Rikka Academy course?
Recent Law School Graduates
Paralegals
Law firm Associates
Legal Professionals Transitioning into a Commercial Practice
Business Development Professionals
Law Firms
Industry (In-House Legal and Business Teams)
Government and Public Sector Lawyers
Recent Law School Graduates
Paralegals
Law firm Associates
Legal Professionals Transitioning into a Commercial Practice
Business Development Professionals
Law Firms
Industry (In-House Legal and Business Teams)
Government and Public Sector Lawyers
Learn how to efficiently unpack complex agreements through our unique review process. Through the RIkka method, you’ll learn to optimize contract provisions to be clear, precise, structured, and business-oriented.
Our courses include in-depth analyses of highly realistic scenarios, providing you with valuable insights into the complexities of modern legal practice. These scenarios simulate the time pressure, asymmetric information, and pace of a real-world deal, helping you develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills that are essential for a successful legal career.
Our courses emphasize proven methodologies for real-world applications, providing you with practical skills that go beyond theoretical knowledge. You’ll gain hands-on experience that prepares you for the complexities of modern legal practice.
Our Facilitators are seasoned legal professionals and practice experts with years of experience from top law firms, in-house legal departments, and government roles. They provide valuable insights, helping you navigate your career path.
Our training can be a significant differentiator in your professional growth. Our alumni have gone on to succeed in legal careers across top firms and companies.
Our courses are designed to accommodate your busy schedule, offering varied learning options to suit your needs.
Charlyn is a seasoned deal lawyer who brings a wealth of experience from the business and legal worlds to her practice. She has deep experience in drafting and negotiating complex commercial agreements, including strategic partnerships, cloud service agreements, data licensing and other technology agreements. In her practice, she also counsels clients on privacy, cybersecurity, and data issues.
She is dedicated to mentoring and training young lawyers and legal professionals, empowering them to navigate the complex legal and regulatory landscape. She has been a faculty member of several legal education institutions, including the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) and the Practicing Law Institute (PLI).
Charlyn has taught courses on contract drafting relating to technology transactions, artificial intelligence and privacy issues to the legal departments of Fortune 10 companies. She is also a Forbes.com contributor and member of the Harvard Business Review Advisory Council.
Before launching Rikka Academy, Charlyn was a partner in the Technology Transactions & Privacy Group at Perkins Coie, one of the largest law firms in the United States. Before Perkins Coie, she was an associate at Arent Fox and Cravath, Swaine & Moore. Prior to her life as a lawyer, she cut her teeth negotiating multi-billion dollar contracts in the U.S. Navy to construct, overhaul, refuel and maintain nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and submarines.
Charlyn is currently the Founder and CEO of Rikka, a multidisciplinary organization that includes Rikka Academy, Rikka Law, Rikka Government, and Rikka Insights.
McLean is an experienced deal lawyer with over 20+ years of experience advising on complex technology transactional matters for clients predominantly in the IT, software, telecom, healthcare, and financial services sectors.
McLean regularly drafts and negotiates a broad range of commercial agreements, including cloud computing (SaaS, IaaS, and PaaS), professional services, reseller, asset transfer, confidentiality, data protection, and technology and IP licensing agreements.
Learn how to efficiently unpack complex agreements through our unique review process. Through the RIkka method, you’ll learn to optimize contract provisions to be clear, precise, structured, and business-oriented.
Our courses include in-depth analyses of highly realistic scenarios, providing you with valuable insights into the complexities of modern legal practice. These scenarios simulate the time pressure, asymmetric information, and pace of a real-world deal, helping you develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills that are essential for a successful legal career.
Our courses emphasize proven methodologies for real-world applications, providing you with practical skills that go beyond theoretical knowledge. You’ll gain hands-on experience that prepares you for the complexities of modern legal practice.
Our Facilitators are seasoned legal professionals and practice experts with years of experience from top law firms, in-house legal departments, and government roles. They provide valuable insights, helping you navigate your career path.
Our training can be a significant differentiator in your professional growth. Our alumni have gone on to succeed in legal careers across top firms and companies.
Our courses are designed to accommodate your busy schedule, offering varied learning options to suit your needs.
What do you get from investing in a Rikka Academy course?
Master the skills to draft and review commercial contracts. This training provides hands-on experience with drafting commercial contracts; so that you can hone your…
Read more
Develop negotiation skills essential for successful legal practice. Through deep dives into negotiation strategies, techniques, and human behavior, you’ll learn to advocate effectively, find…
Read more
Prepare yourself for the realities of modern legal practice. This program covers essential skills not taught in law school, such as client management, billing…
Read more
This course is designed to empower commercial attorneys with the knowledge and tools to effectively integrate generative AI into contract drafting, review, and negotiation…
Read more
Our courses equip you with in-demand legal skills such as contract drafting, negotiation, and the use of emerging technologies like generative AI.
Master the skills to draft and review commercial contracts. This training provides hands-on experience with drafting commercial contracts; so that you can hone your…
Read more
Develop negotiation skills essential for successful legal practice. Through deep dives into negotiation strategies, techniques, and human behavior, you’ll learn to advocate effectively, find…
Read more
Prepare yourself for the realities of modern legal practice. This program covers essential skills not taught in law school, such as client management, billing…
Read more
This course is designed to empower commercial attorneys with the knowledge and tools to effectively integrate generative AI into contract drafting, review, and negotiation…
Read more
Upskill your firm’s legal practice
Follow our latest insights on legal & technology trends and their development
Awarded for its contributions to the field of AI, including being named one of MIT Technology Review’s 50 Smartest Companies and winning the Association for Computing Machinery.
“As a largely self-taught professional in the area of contract review and drafting, I appreciate that Rikka Academy classes bridge the gap between legal theory and practical application.
Charlyn has a keen ability to explain complex contract provision concepts in an easy to understand way without too much information overload.
She ensures continuity, active engagement and focus throughout the course by having students work through a case study drafting project where we apply the principles learned each week to an increasingly complex fact pattern.
As a result of attending Rikka Academy, I feel more confident in my ability to flag issues and better equipped to construct a set of terms meeting business objectives.”
~ Lily L., Senior Paralegal
“Charlyn is an excellent drafting coach who imparts her deep law firm and industry experience on her students. Charlyn’s comprehensive approach to the contract drafting process was, for me, the most beneficial aspect of the course.
Each week, Charlyn taught a lesson aimed at specific contracting provisions, and followed-up with a take-home assignment that required me to employ these skills in the form of a contract drafting exercise.
After working with Charlyn, I am a more confident and intentional contract drafter, and my supervising attorneys think so too.”
~Ross H., Amlaw 50 Big Law Associate
“Charlyn's expertise was evident, and her ability to explain complex concepts in a clear and concise manner made the training both informative and engaging.
Charlyn’s comprehensive approach to contract drafting helped me better understand the interrelation between the contract concepts and develop a process to think through the business’s issues.
Between the group and individualized sessions and the practical exercises, my improvement was noticeable and I received positive feedback from supervising attorneys on my growth.
The contract drafting training I received from Rikka Academy was exceptional. I would highly recommend this training to anyone who wants to learn how to draft effective contracts.”
~Mike N., Amlaw 50 Big Law Associate
“The opportunity to have such close engagement with someone as experienced and at the top of the line as Charlyn is absolutely invaluable.
Charlyn is able to explain contract concepts in a way that is accessible to students at all levels, and she always encourages us to think practically about its real-life applications.
Coming into the class as a total beginner to contract drafting, I have left it with a strong groundwork, the tools, and importantly, the confidence to continue to build upon what I've learned from Charlyn.
She emphasizes the significance in learning not only how to be a skilled drafter, but how to think like a skilled drafter.
And the latter is something that her students will carry with them and will really serve them well for the rest of their careers.”
~Sophia L., Amlaw 50 Big Law Associate
“I decided to try Rikka Academy because I wanted to improve my contract drafting skills. I was blown away by the quality of content and the expertise of my instructor, Charlyn Ho.
The academy offers really good instruction and resources designed specifically for legal practitioners.
Whether you are looking to deepen your knowledge in the area of contracts or enhance your practice efficiency, you’ll benefit from the Rikka Academy. I highly recommend.”
~Daniel R., Legal Norcal Owner and Founder
“I have been complimented for my drafting skills throughout my career.
This was largely due to Charlyn reviewing contracts with me line by line for the first two years of my career to arm me with the necessary context and bring that skill into other domains”.
~Nick L., General Counsel
Any individual or business interested in improving their career trajectory and performance by enhancing their understanding and mastery of commercial contracting as well as hard and soft skills required for a successful legal career.
This includes attorneys at various stages of their careers, from junior attorneys who just graduated from law school to experienced practitioners, as well as paralegals, business development professionals, contract managers and other legal professionals.
Rikka Academy offers personalized coaching and group training programs to suit the diverse needs of its participants.
Rikka Academy offers bespoke corporate training programs tailored to meet each client’s specific objectives and needs. Our customized approach means that our team works closely with you to design the training program to drive growth and success within your organization.
Our unique Rikka Method offers a “partner-in-a-box” experience, meaning we aim to simulate the historical apprenticeship model of legal education whereby young attorneys would learn firsthand under skilled partners; honing their craft through training and real-world practice.
We aim to transform how you think about commercial contracts, teaching you to “think like a deal lawyer.” This approach trains you to adapt to drafting any type of commercial agreement, not just specific contracts with fixed scenarios, making you more agile and versatile in your legal practice.
We are currently in the process of getting CLE accreditation for Rikka Academy courses in several US states.
Rikka Academy is a training platform focused on bridging the gap between legal theory and commercial law practice.
We are dedicated to working with lawyers and other legal professionals to level up their contract drafting, privacy, and negotiations skills through practical training that fills the gaps left by traditional legal education and on-the-job training.
We utilize the Rikka Method, a unique pedagogical approach that combines the Socratic method with the case study method, incorporating distinctive learning styles from both the business and legal worlds. This methodology encourages critical thinking and active engagement by prompting you to explore complex legal issues through guided questioning and interactive dialogue.
Simultaneously, we incorporate the case study method, which immerses you in real-world scenarios to apply theoretical knowledge in practical contexts. This approach not only deepens understanding but also hones problem-solving skills essential for you to tackle the infinite types of commercial contracts that you may encounter.
Course length depends on the specific course you are taking but our advanced courses generally run between 4 to 8 weeks. We also offer introductory courses that may be shorter.
Yes. We will soon be releasing online versions of our courses. Stay tuned!
We do not offer refunds. However, in the event of an absence, you can reschedule to take the course. You just have to give us at least a 24-hour notice.
Error: Contact form not found.
[INSERT_ELEMENTOR id="4883"]
[INSERT_ELEMENTOR id="4908"]
[INSERT_ELEMENTOR id="4920"]
[INSERT_ELEMENTOR id="4914"]
[INSERT_ELEMENTOR id="8906"]