A website for your law office that is clear and careful
A person who needs a lawyer is often worried and in a hurry. They want to know if you handle their kind of problem, where you are, and how to reach you. They should not have to read legal language to find out.
What a law office site needs
- Practice areas in plain words
- Say what you handle the way a client would say it: "divorce and custody", "wills", "a car accident". Each practice area gets a short, true description.
- A contact form with a clear notice
- The form says that sending it does not create an attorney-client relationship, and asks people not to send confidential details until you reply.
- Your bar rules on advertising
- State bars set rules for lawyer advertising. Some require a label or a disclaimer, and most limit claims about results. You know your rules. I build the site to follow them, and nothing on it promises an outcome.
- Attorney profiles
- A photo, bar admissions, and a short, factual background for each attorney. Clients want to know who they will talk to.
- Accessible and readable
- Clients include people with disabilities and people who read English as a second language. Short sentences, real headings, and a site that works with a screen reader.
What the free check looks for
The free check reads your front page in a few seconds. These are the results that matter most here.
- No meta description, so Google writes the snippet from whatever text it finds.
- No structured data, so search engines have to guess that the page is a law office.
- No H1, or one that only shows the firm name and not what you do.
- Served over plain HTTP, which is a bad look for a page that asks people to describe a legal problem.
- Pinch-zoom switched off, which fails WCAG.
Run the free check. The full review goes through every page for $9.
What you get, and what it costs
- You pay what you think the site is worth, from $100. It is the same site at every price.
- Every account, from the domain to the hosting, is in your name.
- It loads fast, works on every phone, and works with a screen reader and a keyboard.
- No trackers, and nothing about your customers is sold.
- If you want me to keep it safe and current, the care plan is $9 a month. It is optional.
Questions
- Can you write the practice area pages?
- I can draft them in plain language from what you tell me. You review every word before it goes live, because you are responsible for what the site says under your bar rules.
- Do you add the disclaimers my state requires?
- Yes, once you tell me what your state bar requires. I add them where they need to appear, such as near the contact form or in the footer.
- Is the contact form secure?
- The form is sent over HTTPS to your email. It carries a notice asking people not to send confidential details until you reply.
- Do you list case results?
- Only if you want to and your bar rules allow it. Many rules require a disclaimer with any result, and I add it.
See what your site needs
Start with the free check of the site you have. If you have no site yet, tell me about your business and I will reply.