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LLM legal privilege gap

April 5, 2026Brendan Robinson

Brendan Robinson argues LLM conversations should be legally privileged when users ask legal questions, and calls current privilege rules protectionist because they depend on having the right professional license.

I think if you ask an LLM a legal question, the messages should be privileged
This is absolutely not the law today!
the way the legal system makes privilege conditional on having the right license is indefensible protectionism
Brendan Robinson
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