How it works
Privilege Navigator provides general information about the law of the covered jurisdictions and identifies questions for you to raise with your own counsel. It does not apply the law to your circumstances, does not tell you what to do, and does not create an attorney-client relationship with CILC or with any attorney who approved its content.
Privilege Navigator asks ten multiple-choice questions about one communication or situation: which legal system is likely to apply, why the communication happened, whether a lawyer was involved and in what capacity, which kinds of people were included, whether a dispute was in prospect, how the material was handled and stored, how many people received it, whether it was shared onward, whether it crosses borders, and whether a deadline is in play.
None of those questions asks you to describe your facts. You choose from fixed options. Nobody is named, nothing is uploaded, and there is no box to type in.
What you get back
A list of questions worth putting to a lawyer, each with a plain-language explanation of why that question comes up. Your answers select which questions you see; they are not weighed, scored or judged. The selection is made by a fixed set of rules written and approved by a licensed attorney — not by a generative AI model, and not by anyone reading your answers.
The list is deliberately cautious. It will not tell you that a communication is protected or that protection has been lost, and it reaches no conclusion of any kind — that depends on facts this tool never sees. A shorter list does not indicate that a communication is protected: it means fewer of the questions this tool asks about were engaged by your answers.
Which legal systems it covers
Coverage differs by jurisdiction. Where a jurisdiction has content approved for it, the questions and explanations you see include ones written for that system. Where it does not, you still get the general ones, together with a clear note that no questions written for that jurisdiction were available, and a route to request legal review.
If you want a lawyer to look at it
You can take the questions to any lawyer of your own choosing. If you prefer, you can request legal review by a participating attorney through CILC at the end of any exercise. That request does not create an attorney-client relationship, and no engagement exists unless and until the relevant attorney confirms it.
Important
Privilege Navigator provides general information and a preliminary issue-spotting exercise based on the answers provided. It does not create an attorney-client relationship with CILC or any participating attorney, constitute legal advice, determine whether a communication is privileged, or guarantee protection from disclosure or waiver. Legal services, if requested and accepted, are provided by the relevant participating attorney under separate applicable engagement terms. Do not submit confidential documents, communications, trade secrets, personal data, or other sensitive information unless the relevant participating attorney has confirmed the appropriate engagement and secure submission process.