Websites for solicitors
Solicitor website design that earns trust
People come to a solicitor worried, at a difficult moment, and they choose one they trust. A good site earns that trust, guides them to the right area of law, and sits cleanly alongside your SRA obligations.
From £297, live in 7 days, on your own domain.
Solicitor websites
Trust, the right area of law, and compliance
Solicitor website design has to do three things, and they fit together. First and most important, it must earn trust, because people come to a solicitor worried, at a difficult or important moment, a house purchase, a divorce, a bereavement, an injury, a dispute, and they choose the one they feel they can trust. Second, it must guide the client to the right area of law, because legal needs are specific and a client wants a solicitor who clearly handles their exact situation. Third, it must sit cleanly alongside your SRA obligations, because your website is a form of advertising subject to the rules that apply to your firm. A good site does all three: it reassures the worried client, matches them to the right service, and accommodates the required regulatory information naturally.
This makes legal services a trust-based profession with a compliance layer and a structural need for clear areas of practice. The heart of the site is making an anxious client feel they can trust you at a hard moment, done credibly, never with a hard sell, which sits poorly with both a worried client and the professional tone expected of a regulated firm.
A note on compliance
Because your firm is regulated, it is worth being clear up front: your website is a form of advertising subject to the SRA rules that apply to you. These include displaying certain regulatory information, and, for some services, price and service transparency information. You are responsible for ensuring your site meets those obligations. What I do is build the site so that the required regulatory and transparency information fits in naturally and is easy to include. The compliance content itself, the exact information and wording, is yours to confirm, ideally with your compliance support. With that handled, the rest of the site can get on with earning trust and winning clients.
Earn trust at a difficult moment
The core of a solicitor’s site is trust, because the client is often anxious and dealing with something important or distressing, relying on your expertise for a decision that matters. They cannot judge legal quality themselves, so they choose on trust: whether you feel credible, experienced and reassuring. So the site should convey a professional, established presence, demonstrate clear expertise in the client’s area of need, and reassure with a calm, human tone.
This reassurance wins the client where a cold, purely transactional site, or a pushy one, would not. Someone facing a divorce, a bereavement or an injury claim is looking for a solicitor who feels safe, capable and on their side, and a site that conveys that connects powerfully. Earning trust, calmly and credibly, is what turns an anxious visitor into a client, so it should shape the whole tone of the site.
Guide clients to the right area of law
People search for their specific legal need, so a good solicitor’s site has a clear page for each area you practise, conveyancing, family, wills and probate, personal injury, employment, disputes, and so on. This matches those specific searches far better than one general page, reassures the client that you handle their exact situation, and helps you rank. It also lets you speak to each client’s circumstances appropriately, since someone facing a divorce and someone buying a house need very different reassurance and information.
Then prove your trustworthiness with genuine reviews, presented within the SRA rules on how you may show them. A client relying on your expertise at a difficult moment leans on the experience of others, so reviews mentioning that you were clear, reassuring and achieved a good outcome reassure the next worried client that you are safe hands.
I build solicitor websites from £297, on spec and live within seven days on your own domain, so you see how well it earns trust before you pay, with time to add your required regulatory and transparency information. A site that earns trust, guides clients to the right area of law, and sits cleanly alongside your SRA obligations turns an anxious client into a booking, which is exactly what a solicitor website is for.
How it works
From message to live in four steps.
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Message me
Tell me your trade and your town on WhatsApp. No forms to wade through, no call to book.
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£99 to start
A £99 deposit gets your build going and comes off your quote. It covers some of the build time.
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I build it, you see it
I build the whole site, framed around your work, and send it to you finished to look at.
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Pay the rest, go live
Happy with it? You pay the balance, it goes live on your own domain, and it is yours to keep.
What you get
What a legal services site from me includes.
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Built on spec
I build it first and send it finished. You see the real thing before you decide, not a mock-up.
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Live in 7 days
From the go-ahead, your site is live within a week. No months of back and forth.
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On your own domain
It goes live in your name. You own the site and everything on it, with no lock-in.
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Genuinely fast
Static pages, no WordPress. Fast pages rank better and turn more visitors into calls.
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Found on Google
Built to be found in local search, with the plumbing done properly from day one.
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Looked after
Someone looks after it and changes it when you need. Two small edits a month, your listing kept current.
What it costs
A straight price.
From £297 to build it, first three months of Care included, then £49 a month.
You own the site outright and can stop the monthly plan whenever you like. Hosting is part of Care and Grow, so one of those keeps it online after the first three months, or you host it yourself. See the full pricing.
Common questions
Questions I get asked.
What makes a good solicitor website?
One that earns trust and guides the client to the right area of law. People come to a solicitor worried, at a difficult moment, a house purchase, a divorce, a bereavement, an injury, and they choose one they feel they can trust. So a good site conveys credibility and reassurance, has a clear page for each area of law you practise, and makes getting in touch easy, while being built to sit cleanly alongside your SRA obligations.
Why does trust matter so much for a solicitor?
Because the client is often anxious and dealing with something important or distressing, and relying on your expertise for a decision that matters. They cannot judge legal quality themselves, so they choose on trust: whether you feel credible, experienced, and reassuring. A site that conveys that trust, through a professional presence, clear expertise and genuine reviews, wins the worried client, where a cold or hard-selling one would not.
Should I have a page for each area of law?
Yes. People search for their specific legal need, conveyancing, divorce, wills and probate, personal injury, employment, so a clear page for each area you practise matches those searches far better than one general page, and reassures the client that you handle their exact situation. It also lets you speak to each client's circumstances appropriately, since someone facing a divorce and someone buying a house need very different reassurance.
Does my website need to meet SRA requirements?
Yes, and this is important. Your website is a form of advertising subject to the SRA rules that apply to your firm, which include displaying certain regulatory information and, for some services, price and service transparency information. You are responsible for ensuring your site meets those obligations. I build the site so the required information and transparency content fit in naturally, but the compliance content itself is yours to confirm.
How do reviews help a solicitor's website?
They prove trustworthiness in an anxious, high-stakes decision. A client relying on your expertise at a difficult moment leans on the experience of others, so genuine reviews mentioning that you were clear, reassuring, and achieved a good outcome reassure the next worried client that you are safe hands. Within the SRA rules on how you present them, reviews are among the most persuasive things a solicitor's site can show.
How quickly can my solicitor website be live?
I build it on spec and have it live within seven days, on your own domain, so you can see how well it earns trust before committing, with time to add your required regulatory and transparency information. You see the finished site before you pay anything.
Tell me your town and I'll build you a legal services site on spec, so you can see it before you pay. Or read Website examples, see the full pricing, or get in touch.