New Accreditation · Soft LaunchCABLP

Certified AI Business of Law Professional

The first professional accreditation built for the people running the business of a law firm — not the lawyers practicing it.

The Positioning

While other programs teach lawyers how to use AI, the CABLP certifies the professionals who decide how to buy it, price it, staff around it, govern it, and measure its impact on firm economics.

COOs, CFOs, CMOs, pricing directors, legal ops leaders, HR heads, IT directors, and managing partners. This is your credential.

How It Works

A three-stage credential

Stage 01

Common Foundation

Everyone studies the same core: 8 knowledge areas covering AI fundamentals, governance, ethics, prompting, business transformation, data, change management, and ROI.

Stage 02

Specialization Pathway

Choose a functional track that matches the work you actually do — Pricing, Finance, Innovation, Marketing, Operations, Business Partnering, Knowledge Management, or Leadership.

Stage 03

Endorsement Award

Your credential reads: Certified AI Business of Law Professional — Endorsement: [Pathway]. Stackable: earn multiple endorsements over time.

Stage 1

The 8 Foundation Knowledge Areas

Demonstrate baseline AI literacy across these areas before pursuing an endorsement. Earn points through TVPi courses, qualifying external programs, events, competencies, and implementation experience.

01

AI Fundamentals

What AI actually is, how LLMs work, what legal-specific AI tools do, generative AI vs. automation, capabilities and limitations, hallucination risk, model selection for legal work.

02

Governance

AI governance frameworks for legal organizations. Policy design, oversight structures, audit trails, accountability — including the unique dynamics of partnership structures.

03

Ethics

ABA Formal Opinion 512 and state bar guidance. Confidentiality with AI tools. Bias detection and mitigation. Duty of competence. Informed consent for AI-assisted work.

04

Prompting

Prompt engineering for pricing analysis, financial modeling, client communications, matter management, and knowledge extraction. Agentic workflows and tool-use patterns.

05

Business Transformation

How AI reshapes the business model of a firm — billable hours, leverage ratios, staffing pyramids, utilization, realization. Automation vs. true transformation.

06

Data

Data foundations for AI in legal: quality, governance, client data obligations, security. How firms' data assets become competitive advantages.

07

Change Management

Leading AI adoption in organizations that resist change. Stakeholder alignment, training design, measuring adoption, the pilot-to-scale playbook.

08

ROI

Measuring AI's return in legal — cost models, efficiency, value capture, profitability impact. Moving beyond 'time saved' to actual business outcomes.

Stage 2

Choose your specialization

Eight functional pathways. Phased rollout — starting with the four where TVPi already has the strongest course catalog and member base.

Pricing

Available

Fee structures, realization, and profitability in an AI-augmented environment.

Operations

Available

AI-driven workflow design, process automation, and legal ops transformation.

Leadership

Available

C-suite strategy for AI investment, governance, and competitive positioning.

Innovation

Available

Pilot design, build vs. buy, vendor evaluation, and responsible innovation.

Finance

Wave 2

AI cost modeling, ROI, budget planning, and firm economics.

Knowledge Management

Wave 2

AI and institutional knowledge, retrieval, and KM platforms.

Marketing

Wave 3

AI in BD, client pitches, content, and brand.

Business Partnering

Wave 3

The advisory function around AI inside the firm.

Tier System

Earn points. Advance your tier.

In-Pursuit

Application accepted. Building toward Bronze.

0–24 pts

Bronze

Foundation literacy demonstrated; specialization underway.

25+ pts

Gold

Proven competency across foundation and specialization.

40+ pts

Platinum

Senior AI strategist with implementation track record.

55+ pts

Platinum Plus

Recognized authority shaping the field.

75+ pts

Pioneer Badge

Apply within the first 12 months of launch — or complete the inaugural AI Certificate Program cohort — to earn the stackable Pioneer badge alongside your tier.

Join the Founding Cohort

Be among the first accredited.

The CABLP launches with the 2026/2027 AI Certificate Program cohort. Application is free — submit yours now to start as In-Pursuit and lock in your Pioneer badge.

The CABLP and the ALPP are separate credentials. The most valuable professionals in legal will hold both.