Legal Career Program (CP-56)

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

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:

Ms. Sarah Ford
CP-56 Career Program Manager
571-256-2870
sarah.p.ford2.civ@mail.mil