Legal operations in corporate legal departments is driving change in-house more than any other innovation. The rise of CLOC (Corporate Legal Operations Consortium) has had a profound impact on how in-house legal departments and their law firms operate. Legal operations professionals are responsible for legal technology, project management, hiring, panel selection and various related matters. Legal operations in law firms is also an increasing area of focus, with firms realizing that in order in remain competitive in the market they must improve the effectiveness of their internal operations. Many of the solutions in this space are human-based but more and more solutions arise that support legal operations.