The balance of forces in the legal universe may shift a little this week, as hundreds of law department leaders (and those vying for the honor of supporting their work) descend on Las Vegas for the 2nd Annual CLOC Institute.

CLOC stands for Corporate Legal Operations Consortium: it is the volunteer-driven network of law department operations leaders who bring their legal teams and corporate clients a diverse toolkit of business and technology skills, management and people expertise, and industry/data savvy.