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CP-56 is the Legal Career Program for all Civilian attorneys and paraprofessionals working throughout the Army, including those working for the Office of the Army General Counsel (OGC), US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), US Army Material Command (AMC), and The Judge Advocate General's Corps (JAGC). The intent of the CP-56 program is to expose Civilian legal professionals to formal education, training, professional development, and performance-enhancing job experiences to grow professionally throughout their careers.

All Army Civilians are now assigned to a career program based upon their occupational series and the nature of their work. Some occupational series are aligned to one career program exclusively, and others are shared among two or more career programs.

The following occupational series belong exclusively to CP-56:

• 0319 Court Reporter
• 0901 Legal Kindred
• 0950 Paralegal
• 0963 Legal Instruments Examiner
• 0967 Passport and Visa Examiner
• 0986 Legal Technician/Assistant/Clerk
• 0998 Claims Technician
• 0306 Government Information Specialist
• 0904 Law Clerk
• 0905 Attorney
• 1222 Patent Attorney

If you belong to any of the above series, you are automatically placed in CP-56. However, there are additional occupational series that are shared by career programs, and the nature of your work will determine whether you are assigned to CP-56. For example, if you are Army legal offices in administrative series 0301 or 0303, your assignment to CP-56 will largely depend upon the work you perform, as outlined in your position description.

If you have any questions for the CP-56 office, please do not hesitate to contact us by telephone or email: