Talk to Claude with a lawyer in the chat who can weigh in on the matters you want to think through with AI — and tell you when attorney-client privilege may apply to your conversation. Starting at just $34/month.
A Sidebar session opens inside a formal attorney engagement. Ask AI about business disputes, employment, family law, personal injury, and more.
Attorney-client privilege can protect your chats.
That's the first thing I tell new clients. Opposing counsel may request your AI chat history in addition to your emails and company communications. When the dispute gets real, that history doesn't disappear — it gets requested.
A lawyer should be in the chat with you before you get into the details.
Then it's just you, the AI, and your lawyer.
Pick a licensed attorney from our network — filtered by your state and matter — or invite your own.
Your inputs are not used to train AI. Workspace contents are accessible only to you and the lawyer(s) you invite.
Engaged under their own engagement letter. Your lawyer can read the conversation, comment, and reply — outside any AI.
A chat, but with the parts you've been missing: a real lawyer in your workspace and an engagement letter already in place.
Inputs not used to train AI.
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Anthropic Enterprise DPA — your inputs are contractually excluded from any training pipeline.
An engagement letter is signed up front. Not added retrospectively, not after the fact.
Your lawyer's review of your chats is included. If you need extra work — drafting documents, phone calls, representation — your lawyer will discuss a plan for their time with you first. It never happens without your written agreement.
Lawyer engagement fees, if any, are separate and set by the lawyer you choose. Cancel anytime.
AI outputs may be inaccurate; they are not legal advice.
Firm or enterprise? Talk to us about a custom plan →
Sidebar partners with independent attorneys and law firms who want to engage with clients in a modern, AI-augmented workspace. Lawyers operate under their own engagement letters, set their own fees, and remain fully independent of the platform.
Join Sidebar’s network. Be available to clients in your jurisdictions and practice areas. Review conversations, weigh in on matters, and engage clients directly under your own engagement letter.
Apply to join Sidebar’s network →Bring your existing clients into a private firm workspace on Sidebar. Custom enterprise terms available. Your attorneys engage clients directly through the platform under their own engagement letters.
Contact us to set up your firm workspace →Sidebar is a technology platform, not a law firm. Lawyers in the network are independent attorneys.
The honest answers — including what Sidebar isn’t.
Whether a particular conversation is protected by attorney-client privilege, the work-product doctrine, or any other legal protection is a fact-specific legal determination and depends on the matter, the jurisdiction, and the lawyer involved. Sidebar cannot answer this question for you. Sidebar can connect you with a lawyer from the network, you can add your own lawyer, or both. Your lawyer can advise you on how privilege applies to your specific situation.
Sidebar is a technology platform that provides a private workspace where you can use leading AI models alongside a lawyer of your choice. Sidebar is not a law firm and does not provide legal services. Legal services on Sidebar are provided directly by the independent lawyer you choose, under that lawyer’s own engagement letter.
Sidebar does not provide legal advice, legal services, or representation. Sidebar does not represent users in court or in formal legal matters. Sidebar does not file legal documents or pleadings. Sidebar does not guarantee any specific legal outcome.
No. Sidebar is a technology platform. Sidebar is not a law firm and does not provide legal services.
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It takes three minutes. From $34/month. Cancel anytime.