For Law Firms

Your attorneys are using AI. Nothing is logged on your side.

ABA Rule 1.6 requires reasonable measures to protect client confidences. BastionGate gives your IT team the controls and audit trail your professional responsibility obligations require — without disrupting the AI tools your attorneys actually use.

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Where the exposure is

Four scenarios happening right now in your firm.

Privileged client communications
Attorneys pasting client memos, strategy notes, and matter correspondence into Claude with no firm-side record of what was sent.
Discovery documents
Paralegals summarizing depositions and production sets through AI tools that log nothing on your side.
No bar-defensible audit trail
If a client asks whether their confidential information was handled appropriately, you currently have no answer.
Shadow AI adoption
Associates using AI tools IT didn't deploy or monitor — because they're productive and your policy can't keep up.

Professional responsibility context

ABA Model Rule 1.6
Confidentiality of Information — requires reasonable measures to prevent unauthorized disclosure of client data.
ABA Formal Opinion 512
Addresses generative AI use by lawyers. Requires competence, supervision, and confidentiality safeguards.
State bar ethics
NY, CA, FL, TX, and others have issued specific guidance requiring technical controls for AI tool usage by attorneys.

BastionGate does not provide legal advice. This is context for IT and compliance teams evaluating technical controls.

How it works for your firm

One endpoint change. IT deploys it. Attorneys don't notice anything changed except the requests are now governed.

Before BastionGate
Attorney / Claude→→→OpenAI / Anthropic
Associate / ChatGPT→→→OpenAI
Paralegal / Copilot→→→Microsoft
No logs. No controls. No firm-side record.
With BastionGate
Attorney / Claude→BastionGate→✓ AI Provider
Associate / ChatGPT→BastionGate→✓ AI Provider
Paralegal / Copilot→BastionGate→✓ AI Provider
Every request logged, scoped to matter, bar-defensible.

What you get

Purpose-built controls for the way law firms actually use AI.

Per-matter policy scoping
Different enforcement rules for litigation, transactional, IP, and regulatory teams. A block for one practice group doesn't have to apply to another.
Privilege detection
Custom blocklist patterns for client names, matter numbers, and sensitive keywords. Flag or block before any data leaves your environment.
Immutable audit trail
Every AI interaction logged with timestamp, user, tool, and content hash. Answerable to clients, partners, and bar counsel.
Works with existing AI contracts
Claude Enterprise or OpenAI Enterprise agreements still apply. BastionGate layers on top — your data privacy terms stay in force.
One endpoint change
IT deploys BastionGate as the API proxy for your firm's AI tools. No software on attorney devices. No workflow disruption.
SOC 2 compliant infrastructure
Built for regulated environments. Full audit log export for client requests or regulatory inquiries.

Who in your firm cares

General Counsel / Managing Partner
Their concern
ABA Rule 1.6 exposure, client confidentiality commitments, malpractice risk
What they get
Demonstrate reasonable technical measures. Answer client due diligence questionnaires with a real answer.
IT / Information Security
Their concern
Shadow AI, no visibility into what's being sent, no central enforcement point
What they get
One proxy for all AI API traffic. Policy enforcement without blocking attorney productivity.
Risk & Compliance
Their concern
Audit trail gaps, inability to respond to client inquiries about data handling
What they get
Immutable logs scoped to matters, practice groups, or individual users. Export-ready for any inquiry.
Free Whitepaper

AI Governance for Law Firms

A practical framework covering ABA Rule 1.6 compliance, privilege detection, per-matter policy scoping, and how to build a bar-defensible AI audit trail.

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Whitepaper

AI Governance for Law Firms

A framework for ABA Rule 1.6 compliance, privilege protection, and defensible AI audit trails.

Legal AI Governance
ABA Model Rule 1.6 & Formal Opinion 512 mapped to technical controls
Per-matter policy scoping implementation guide
Audit trail requirements and export formats
Deployment checklist for IT and compliance teams
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