The Corporate Legal Operations Consortium’s (CLOC) short history in the legal industry is impressive. For evidence of this, you need to look no farther than the meteoric rise of its annual conference. In the span of three short years’, The Corporate Legal Operations Institute, CLOC’s annual meet up, has evolved from a small gathering of legal operations professionals to one of the largest must-attend events in the legal industry’s annual calendar.

Given CLOC’s rising stature in the legal industry it is worth asking what its impact has been thus far. Next week’s conference will likely be a celebration of CLOC’s successes. That seems warranted. The Consortium has scored some early wins. Before popping the campaign bottles, however, CLOC’s members should also assess the work that remains undone.