Contracts, closed.
The $2,000 lawyer bill legal shelf for the self-employed.
Plain-English templates for creators, founders, and the newly self-employed. Every contract comes with red-flag callouts, sidebar notes, and the stuff brands try to sneak in — flagged, explained, and handled.
We don't wear suits. We don't bill in six-minute increments. We write the contract, explain what every clause does, flag what the other side might try to sneak in, and hand it to you in a DOCX. That's the whole model.
Professionally drafted legal templates for the self-employed. Editable DOCX files with sidebar notes that explain every clause in plain English. Priced like products, not like legal services.
Creators, coaches, freelancers, founders, and anyone running a real business who doesn't yet have a lawyer on retainer. Smart adults who just haven't been taught this stuff — because the industry made it hard on purpose.
Claused is a product company. Buying a template doesn't create an attorney–client relationship. Templates are starting points. For anything that really matters, talk to a licensed attorney — we'll say that every time.
The contract every creator should have before their next paid sponsorship. Plain-English, with red-flag callouts for what brands try to slip in.
Privacy Policy, Terms of Use, and Cookie Policy. The three documents every website legally needs before taking a single payment or collecting a single email.
A 40-page guide plus a rate calculator spreadsheet. Pricing, counter-offering, redlining brand contracts, and collecting when brands don't pay.
For hiring a VA, designer, editor, or photographer — anyone you're paying who isn't an employee. Keeps the tax stuff clean. Makes sure what they build belongs to you.
For when a brand wants to run your content as their paid ads. Different from a sponsored post — and priced accordingly. License scope matrix included.
For coaches, consultants, and service providers. Covers scope, payment, refunds, and yes — includes the "I'm not your therapist / not your doctor / not your lawyer" disclaimer language.
Someone ripped off your content. Here's what to send them — tonight. Three escalating letters, DMCA takedowns, platform reporting templates, and a "what to do first" flowchart.
30+ pre-written disclosure phrases the FTC actually accepts. Plus the ones that have triggered real enforcement. For IG, TikTok, YouTube, podcasts, and email.
Two NDAs for the 90% of situations that don't need a custom draft. Mutual (when you're both sharing) and one-way (when only they are). $27 instead of the $500 your lawyer would charge.
Brand Partnership Agreement + Website Legal Pack + FTC Swipe File. The three things every creator should have before the next deal. Together, for less than the brand deal template alone used to cost.
There's a lot of garbage legal content on the internet. Etsy PDFs that haven't been updated since 2019. ChatGPT rewrites of ChatGPT rewrites. Here's what makes Claused different — and what you'll find inside every file we sell.
Open any Claused template and the first thing you'll see is a branded cover page, followed by a step-by-step guide to filling it in. No guessing where to start.
Inline callouts explain what each section actually does — and why it matters for your situation. No jargon. No "heretofores." Just the plot.
The clauses brands, clients, or counterparties commonly try to slip in — flagged in the margin, explained, and with pushback language ready to go.
We tell you exactly where a template stops being enough, and when you need an actual lawyer. Trust comes from telling you the truth — including when the truth is "this isn't enough for your situation."
30+ pre-written disclosure phrases the FTC actually accepts. Sent straight to your inbox. You also get the Claused email — one short, useful note every other Thursday. Unsubscribe anytime; we won't be weird about it.
Legal work, for the most part, is gatekept on purpose. The language is obscure because it's profitable. Lawyers charge $500 an hour for templates they've used a hundred times — and the creators, freelancers, and small operators who need this stuff most are the least likely to be able to pay for it.
Claused is the response. We take the same professionally drafted documents lawyers charge thousands for, rewrite them in plain English, add sidebar notes and red-flag callouts, and sell them as products. Most of our customers will eventually need an actual lawyer for something — and when they do, we'll be the first to tell them. That honesty is the whole point.
We're small, independent, and not affiliated with any law firm. We don't do legal work. We make tools.