Certification
Designed for experienced legal operations professionals, the CLOC Legal Operations Certified Professional (LOCP) is being built as the first independently validated certification of its kind. Grounded in the CLOC Core 12, it’s built for professionals who’ve already put the work into practice.
CLOC’s move from a certificate to a certification reflects the maturation of the legal operations profession. A certificate can demonstrate participation in or completion of an educational program. Certification goes a step further: it establishes a defined professional standard and provides a way for individuals to demonstrate that they meet that standard through an independent validation process. The LOCP tells GCs, boards, and other legal operations leaders that your judgment has been tested and holds up. This is what it means to be certified in legal operations, a signal of where you stand in the field.
Who’s eligible for the LOCP?
Why pursue the LOCP?
CLOC Academy serves as the first authorized learning provider for the LOCP certification. The first opportunity to prepare will be at the CLOC Academy pre-event program on May 10, ahead of the CLOC Global Institute in Las Vegas. Future CLOC Academy Days, held across the country, will offer additional preparation opportunities as the program grows.
CLOC is developing the LOCP Certification in partnership with KaWest Partners, a certification and assessment consulting firm, alongside psychometric partner Assessment Systems Corporation. Their work spans the job task analysis, exam blueprint, item development, and statistical validation behind it, the same rigor applied to any established professional certification.
The CLOC Legal Operations Certified Professional is being shaped by the Certification Advisory Committee, legal operations leaders defining what mastery of this profession requires.
