Attorney Connect — Ethical Legal Intake

Attorney Connect

Attorneys may pay to receive case requests through Connect. Payment does not mean FlowLawyers recommends or endorses any attorney. This service is free to you, and funds received support FlowLawyers’ initiatives to improve Access to Justice. (Disclosure per ABA Model Rule 7.2(b)(2) and FTC 16 CFR Part 255.)

How Connect works

1.You consent up front, before any questions.
2.You answer a few qualifying questions about your situation.
3.After you submit and verify your email, participating attorneys in your state who handle your case may receive your details. They may reach out. You decide who, if anyone, to work with.

What Connect is (and isn’t)

Is this ChatGPT or generative AI?

Not in the way most people mean it. Connect is a bounded intake-routing system, not a general-purpose chatbot. Today it is built to classify and route your situation into the right intake lane without giving legal advice, case strategy, or opinions about your matter.

As Bedrock-powered AI is added, those boundaries still matter: ABA Model Rule 5.5 governs unauthorized practice of law; ABA Formal Opinion 512 sets architectural duties for AI in legal work; United States v. Heppner established that public AI conversations do not carry privilege without attorney direction and controlled confidentiality boundaries; and the FTC’s Operation AI Comply enforcement (Sept. 2024, including DoNotPay’s $193,000 settlement) made clear that claiming an AI can practice law triggers regulatory action.

Connect is intentionally limited to governed routing within defined control boundaries. Real attorneys give legal advice after you submit and they reach out.

Is this legal advice?

No. Connect is an intake routing tool. It helps you find attorneys who handle your kind of case. Real attorneys provide legal advice after you submit and they reach out.

Does using Connect create an attorney-client relationship?

No. Submitting an intake authorizes participating attorneys to contact you about your matter. We don’t guarantee any attorney will respond. An attorney-client relationship only begins if you and an attorney both agree to work together.

How does FlowLawyers make money?

Participating attorneys pay FlowLawyers to receive case requests through Connect. You never pay anything to use Connect. We don’t take a percentage of any fees you pay an attorney. We’re paid for connecting attorneys with potential clients, not for the outcome of any matter. The funds we receive support FlowLawyers as a free public-benefit platform: the attorney directory, state legal information, legal aid surfacing, and pro bono attorney connections.

Our model follows ABA Model Rule 7.2(b)(2), the lawyer lead-generator rule: we don’t recommend specific attorneys, we don’t route based on merit-screening, and the payment relationship is disclosed conspicuously up front (also required by FTC 16 CFR Part 255).