CLOC

What CLOC does

CLOC (Corporate Legal Operations Consortium) is a not-for-profit 501(c)(6) membership organization incorporated in Illinois in 2015 that serves as the largest peer-driven community for legal operations professionals globally, with 6,300+ members across 60+ countries. Its core offerings include the CLOC Core 12 Maturity Assessment framework — the de facto industry standard covering 12 functional areas of legal operations — and the annual State of the Industry Report, a benchmarking publication built on the Harbor Law Department Survey covering 135+ corporate law departments with $13 billion median revenues. In May 2026, CLOC launched CLOC Compass in partnership with Neota Logic, an interactive platform that digitalizes the Core 12 Playbook into an actionable maturity assessment tool, representing the organization's first significant productized software asset.

CLOC monetizes through three primary streams: membership dues (Individual, Ecosystem, Academia, Student, and Retired categories with rates set by the Board of Directors), event registration for the flagship CLOC Global Institute (CGI) and regional summits (Europe, Australia, plus local "Around the Table" dinners and Academy Days), and tiered corporate sponsorships (Diamond Elite, Diamond, Platinum, Silver) plus a Startup Program for early-stage legal tech vendors. CGI 2026 drew nearly 2,400 attendees from 26+ countries with 100+ exhibitors and 90+ educational sessions covering AI, contract lifecycle management, operational efficiency, and data-driven decision making. The organization is governed by a 5–9 member Board of Directors (inaugural Chair Laura Dieudonné of Delta Air Lines elected February 2026) and led by President & CEO Oyango Snell (joined 2024), with day-to-day operations supported by a small staff and a global volunteer community leader network. CLOC does not operate as a SaaS vendor; it is a professional association whose economic engine is community, standards, and events, with an emerging software dimension through Compass and CLOC Academy.

Name

CLOC

Legal name

Corporate Legal Operations Consortium, Inc.

Website

https://cloc.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

CLOC is the largest global not-for-profit membership consortium for legal operations professionals, serving 6,300+ members across 60+ countries with maturity assessment frameworks, annual benchmarking reports, and the CLOC Global Institute conference.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

West Hollywood

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: CLOC generates revenue through membership fees from Individual Members, Ecosystem Members, Academia Members, Student Members, and Retired Members. The Board of Directors determines initial and annual dues.
2. Event Registration Fees: Revenue from the Global Institute, regional summits, Academy Days, and other events. Registration tiers include All Access Pass, Exhibit Pass, and Customer Invite Pass. Sponsorship packages at multiple levels (Diamond Elite, Diamond, Platinum, Silver) provide additional event revenue.
3. Sponsorships: Corporate sponsors at various tiers (Diamond Elite, Diamond, Platinum, Silver) sponsor events and gain visibility to the legal operations community. The Startup Program offers low-cost booth packages for qualifying early-stage companies.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

CLOC is a not-for-profit member-run consortium that unites legal operations professionals, service providers, and stakeholders through membership, educational content, industry conferences, and benchmarking tools. It sells individual and ecosystem memberships, flagship and regional events (including the annual CLOC Global Institute), the Core 12 maturity assessment framework, the Compass interactive platform, and the annual State of the Industry Report.

Product overview

CLOC (Corporate Legal Operations Consortium) is a not-for-profit member community and the largest legal ops organization, offering a comprehensive suite of professional development, benchmarking, and networking resources for legal operations professionals. The portfolio includes CLOC Compass (an interactive maturity assessment platform developed with Neota Logic), the Core 12 Maturity Assessment Playbook (foundational framework), the annual State of the Industry Report (industry benchmarking based on the Harbor Law Department Survey), CLOC Academy (education and training), the Solutions Directory (vendor marketplace), CLOC Talk Podcast, and community events including the flagship CLOC Global Institute (annual conference), CLOC Europe Summit, and CLOC Australia Summit. Additionally, CLOC provides resources including webinars, whitepapers, templates, Legal Hacks, and Must Know Sessions. CLOC does not offer a technology product in the traditional SaaS sense—it is a professional association focused on community, education, and industry standards.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• CLOC Membership

Quantifiable outcome

• 85% of legal departments now have dedicated AI oversight or resources according to 2026 State of the Industry Report
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core, regional, minor, flagship and standard.

• Neota LogiccoreTechnology or Integration · 12 May 2026Strategic partnership to develop CLOC Compass, an interactive platform for legal operations maturity assessment. Neota Logic provides the technology platform that transforms CLOC's Core 12 Maturity Assessment Playbook into an actionable digital tool.
• RSGIregionalStrategic or Co-development Partner · 5 February 2026Partnership to develop and deliver the CLOC Europe Summit, a one-day event for legal operations leaders across the UK and Europe.
• HarborcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 2 March 2025Annual collaboration on the Harbor Law Department Survey that forms the basis of CLOC's State of the Industry Report. Survey covers 135 corporate law departments across 15+ industries with median revenues of $13 billion. Harbor provides professional and technology services to the legal industry.
• McCormick PlaceminorOthersConvention center venue for the CLOC Global Institute 2026 in Chicago. Located at 2301 S. Indiana Ave, Chicago, IL 60616.
• Diamond Elite Sponsors (Agiloft, Fulcrum GT, LexisNexis, Thomson Reuters, Workday)flagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerTop-tier sponsors of CGI 2026 providing significant financial support and gaining premium visibility and booth placement at the conference.
• Diamond Sponsors (Bloomberg Law, Brightflag, DocuSign, Filevine, Harvey, Icertis, Ironclad, Luminance, Onit, Wolters Kluwer)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerDiamond-tier sponsors of CGI 2026 with prominent exhibition presence and marketing exposure.
• Platinum Sponsors (Casepoint, Diligent, Epiq, Leah, Legora, Malbek, Mitratech, Sirion)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerPlatinum-tier sponsors supporting CGI 2026 with exhibition and marketing presence.
• Silver Sponsors (Blee, Cimplifi, Clarra, Draftwise, Hike2, Imanaze, Septeo, Streamline)standardGTM or Marketing PartnerSilver-tier sponsors of CGI 2026.
• Start-Up Program CompaniesminorGTM or Marketing PartnerEarly-stage companies (Series A or below, founded within 5 years, fewer than 25 employees, less than $1M ARR) participate in the Startup Program offering discounted booth packages and visibility.
• Industry & Media PartnersstandardGTM or Marketing PartnerCosmo, Harbor, Legal Tech Talk, Neota (Industry Partners); ACEDS, ALM, Corporate Counsel Business Journal, Forrester, ITGC, Jameson Legal Tech, Law360, Law Next, Legaltech Hub, LTMG, Legalverse Media, Reel Case Media, Today's General Counsel (Media Partners).
• LexisNexisminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCo-hosting CLOC Around the Table Dinner in Chicago, an intimate peer networking dinner event.
• Hike2minorGTM or Marketing PartnerSponsor of CLOC Colorado: AI and Tee Time event, a social networking event with AI use case presentation.
• CasepointminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSponsor of the 2026 Insights Report, capturing themes and approaches from CGI 2026.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• International Legal Technology Association (ILTA): ILTA is the largest peer professional association for legal technology professionals, closely overlapping CLOC's audience of corporate legal operations and tech leaders. Both run annual flagship conferences (ILTACON vs. CLOC Global Institute), publish benchmarking content, and serve as convening bodies for the same buyer personas.
• Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC): ACC is the primary global association for in-house counsel with a strong legal operations practice area, education tracks, and an annual conference. ACC and CLOC directly compete for the same corporate legal-ops membership mindshare and overlapping content sponsorships.
• LawVision: LawVision is a legal operations and legal management consulting firm that runs peer-group programs, training, and the annual Legal Operations Group forum — directly competitive with CLOC's maturity assessment, networking, and educational programming.
• Buying Legal Council: Buying Legal Council is a peer membership organization for legal procurement and operations leaders, with overlapping buyer personas and a similar benchmarking/community/event-driven model. It is a narrower but directly adjacent peer community to CLOC.

Emerging players

• LegalOps.com: LegalOps.com is a focused legal operations content, training, and community resource that competes with CLOC's educational offerings and blog/webinar content for the same legal-ops practitioner audience, particularly at the individual contributor level.
• Blickstein Group: Blickstein Group is a legal-ops consultancy that produces the annual Law Department Operations Survey and runs the LegalOps Conference — directly overlapping CLOC's State of the Industry Report and CGI programming for legal ops leaders.

Broad incumbents

• Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory: Wolters Kluwer is a large legal-tech incumbent that owns Teammate, Passport, and other legal-ops-adjacent products and is a top CLOC sponsor. Its content, benchmarking, and certification efforts overlap with CLOC's educational and standards-setting activities.
• Thomson Reuters: Thomson Reuters is a legal-tech incumbent offering legal-ops-adjacent products (Elite 3E, Contract Express, CoCounsel) and serves as a top CLOC Diamond Elite sponsor. It competes indirectly by producing its own benchmarking, academies, and certification programs for legal departments.
• LexisNexis (Legal & Professional): LexisNexis is a major legal information and technology incumbent and top-tier CLOC sponsor. Its Protégé, Lexis+, and analytics offerings intersect with the same legal-ops buyers and increasingly compete for the practitioner education dollar that CLOC also pursues.
• American Bar Association (ABA): The ABA is a broad-based lawyers' association that produces legal-management content, sections (including Law Practice Division), and education that overlap with CLOC's standards-setting role, particularly through its Legal Management Section which targets the same office-of-the-GC audience.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/cloc_org
• Facebookfacebook.com/CLOClegal
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cloc-corporate-legal-operations-consortium-
• Instagraminstagram.com/cloclegal
• TikToktiktok.com/@cloclegal

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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