Attorney-client privilege is a cornerstone of the legal profession, ensuring that communications between a lawyer and their client remain confidential. The purpose of this privilege is to encourage clients to be completely honest with their attorneys, which is essential for effective legal representation. If clients feared that their disclosures could be used against them, they might withhold critical information, hindering their lawyer's ability to provide sound advice or build a strong defense. In this way, the privilege serves the broader interests of justice by facilitating the functioning of the adversarial system. However, the privilege is not absolute. It does not apply, for instance, when a client seeks advice to commit a future crime or fraud. Critics sometimes argue that the privilege can be used to hide the truth and obstruct the search for justice. While it is true that confidentiality can sometimes delay the discovery of relevant facts, the alternative—a system where no communication is safe—would be far worse. The privilege is a necessary concession to the realities of legal practice. It recognizes that for the law to be properly applied, the relationship between a lawyer and client must be one of absolute trust. Protecting this trust is more important than the occasional loss of information in a single case.