Event recap

Neota Logic at CLOC Global Institute 2026

Five days in Chicago with the legal operations community. Here is what we launched, what we heard, and where the conversation is heading.

CLOC CGI 2026 Chicago Booth #506

From the floor

Photos from CLOC CGI 2026

CLOC Talk podcast recording at the Neota booth Neota panel discussion at CLOC CGI 2026 CLOC Compass demo on stage during the panel Neota Logic team at the CLOC CGI 2026 booth

New launch

Introducing CLOC Compass, built with Neota

CLOC Compass is an interactive maturity assessment built on CLOC's Core 12 framework. It gives legal ops teams a structured, scored view of where they stand and what to prioritise next.

Built entirely on the Neota platform, Compass is a working example of how teams can turn frameworks and expertise into governed, deployable applications.

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“Compass gives legal ops leaders a structured, scored starting point. It turns the Core 12 into something actionable and specific to your function.”
Oyango SnellPresident and CEO, CLOC

From the booth

What we heard at Booth #506

CLOC CGI 2026 made one thing clear: AI adoption among legal teams has moved from experimentation to expectation. The conversations at our booth weren't about whether to use AI. They were about what comes after the pilot. Are outputs governed? Auditable? Something you can actually stand behind?

That's the pressure legal ops leaders are operating under right now. More demand, flat headcount, frozen budgets, and a growing expectation from the business that legal can demonstrate AI ROI in concrete terms.

Key themes

The conversations that defined the week

01

Governance is the next frontier

AI bolted onto existing processes isn't enough. Legal teams need an orchestration layer: structured, auditable, logic-driven, before they can stand behind the outputs.

02

The point solution trap

Teams accumulating tools that don't talk to each other aren't transforming outcomes. They're automating tasks and creating new governance risk in the process.

03

Maturity as a starting point

Legal ops leaders are hungry for a framework to assess where they stand. Compass addresses exactly this: a structured path forward grounded in the Core 12.

04

ROI has to be visible

Boards and GCs are asking harder questions. The teams that can demonstrate governed, measurable AI ROI are the ones pulling ahead.

What's next

From playbooks to systems: that's the shift

Most legal functions have the expertise. The frameworks exist. The playbooks are written. What's missing is the infrastructure to make that knowledge operational: governed, repeatable, and deployable at scale.

That's what governed AI means in practice. Not a chat interface, but structured workflows with audit trails and outputs you can stand behind. Compass is one example. The same engine runs contract triage, compliance workflows, intake-to-resolution, and more.

If any of this resonates, that's the conversation we'd like to have.

Let's continue the conversation

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