Web design for law firms that explains each practice area.
A family law enquiry, a will and a commercial dispute are different searches with different worries. A law firm website gives each practice area its own page, says who the lawyers are and where they practise, and shows each lawyer's admission details where a client can check them. Builds cost A$500 to A$1,000; see pricing.
A law firm site, page by page
- HomeThe practice areas, where the firm works and one way to make an enquiry.
- Practice area pagesOne page for each area, with what a first meeting covers.
- Our lawyersEach lawyer's admission, the work they do and how to reach them.
- CostsHow the firm charges and when a client gets a costs estimate.
- GuidesPlain-language answers to the questions clients ask, kept general.
- Make an enquiryA form that asks the matter type and says what happens next.
// the problem
What a client checks before calling a law firm.
A legal-marketing template with borrowed copy
Law firm website packages often come with practice area pages written once and sold to many firms. A client comparing two firms then reads the same paragraphs twice, and nothing tells them which firm handles matters like theirs, or who they would actually speak to.
Every practice area on one page
Family law, wills and estates, conveyancing and commercial disputes are searched by different people with different worries. A single page that lists them all gives each search the same general answer. A page per area can say what a first meeting covers and what the client should bring.
Lawyer profiles with nothing to check
A client choosing a lawyer wants to know who they will deal with: where that lawyer is admitted, how long they have practised and what work they do. A team photo with first names answers none of that. A profile for each lawyer does, and it gives the firm's expertise a person behind it.
Wording the advertising rules do not allow
Legal services advertising has its own rules on top of the general law against misleading conduct, including how a firm can describe expertise and results. Copy written for another industry, or borrowed from another state, can cross those lines. The site is built so titles, specialist wording and personal injury pages sit where those rules expect, and the firm approves the final wording before launch.
Many people who visit a law firm’s website are having a hard week: someone separating from a partner, a family sorting out a will, a business owner whose unpaid invoice has turned into a dispute. They are deciding whether to call, and the site has to tell them quickly whether the firm handles matters like theirs and who they would speak to.
Those clients search for their problem, not for a firm by name. A family lawyer near their suburb, how long probate takes, what to do about a contract dispute. Each of those needs a page of its own that says, in plain words, what the firm does in that area, what a first meeting covers and what to bring. A homepage that lists every practice area in one grid gives each of those searches the same general answer.
Clients also want to know who they will deal with. A profile for each lawyer, with where they are admitted, how long they have practised and the work they do, gives the firm’s experience a person behind it. That detail also belongs in the structured data, so search engines read the same facts as the client.
Legal services advertising has its own rules, on top of the general law against misleading conduct. The guide to law firm advertising rules in WA works through what they mean for each page, from practice areas and titles to reviews, costs and the enquiry form. Personal injury work has a WA rule of its own: Part 3 of the Civil Liability Act 2002 names websites and limits what a firm’s site can say about claims, so those pages are kept apart from the rest. The site is built so the details the rules expect are easy to show, and the firm, or its adviser, approves the final wording.
Kovus builds its trade client sites the same way: a page for each thing a customer searches for, the checkable facts up front, and one clear way to get in touch. For a law firm, the searches are problems and the facts are admissions. A Kovus build is quoted in writing at A$500 to A$1,000, and the firm owns the website, content, domain and source code. Accountants, mortgage brokers and real estate agencies are covered on websites for professional services.
// built by Kovus
Built by Kovus for trades.
These are real client sites for trades, each linked to its case study, and the same approach carries over to a law firm site.
Metal roofing and cladding McDonald Roofing Company Wangara, Perth 12 service-area pages grouped into three Perth regions. Read the case study
Exposed aggregate and honed concrete CJH Concrete Currambine, Perth
Plumbing and gas Donza Plumbing Mannering Park, NSW
Carpentry and construction Probuild Construction Co Cessnock, NSW
Plumbing AquaCore Plumbing Melbourne, VIC
Roof tile repairs and restorations Mandurah Roofing Services Mandurah, WA
// the numbers
Checked before launch, tracked on the enquiries you agree.
Mobile, accessibility and technical search checks recorded before launch
/ Launch QA
Agreed enquiry events and available search data reported against the baseline
/ Client reporting
// prices and terms
What a website for law firms costs.
- Website build
- A$500 to A$1,000, quoted in writing for the pages and integrations the business needs. A Premium build for a bigger site starts at A$1,000. What Premium covers.
- Hosting and edits
- A$97 a month covers hosting, security, backups and unlimited edits. What website maintenance covers.
- SEO and Google Business Profile
- From A$197 a month, adding Business Profile work, Search Console, directory listings, review requests and a monthly report. What the SEO plan covers.
A quote-scoped one-off build is available without ongoing services, which are quoted separately. The client owns the website, content, domain and source code. Optional ongoing services are month-to-month with no minimum term. The client may cancel at any time, effective at the end of the current paid month. Full pricing and terms.
// straight answers
What law firms ask before a quote.
- What pages should a law firm website have?
- A homepage that names the practice areas and where the firm works, a page for each practice area, a profile for each lawyer with admission details, a page that explains how the firm charges, and one clear enquiry path. Guides that answer common questions in general terms help clients and search engines, as long as they stay general.
- Where does accredited specialist go on a law firm website?
- Beside the name of the solicitor who holds the accreditation, on their profile and on the practice area page where they do that work. The conduct rules reserve the words accredited specialist for a solicitor accredited by the relevant professional association, and the Law Council's commentary says accreditation attaches to the solicitor, not the firm. The guide to law firm advertising rules in WA covers specialist wording, titles and personal injury pages.
- Should a law firm put prices on its website?
- Only where a fixed fee is genuinely offered, such as for a simple will. The Uniform Law requires written costs disclosure once instructions are given, and a costs assessor can take the firm's advertisements about costs into account, so the useful page explains how the firm charges and says the written disclosure follows, rather than printing a rate that will not hold.
- Is a template site good enough for a law firm?
- It can be, if the firm has time to rewrite the shared pages in its own words, add each lawyer's details and keep them current. Template packages are usually paid for every year the site runs on them. A Kovus build is quoted once, in writing, at A$500 to A$1,000, and the firm owns the website, content, domain and source code.
- Can Kovus build a website for a law firm outside Perth?
- Yes. Kovus works with businesses Australia-wide by phone and video, with on-site meetings across the Perth metro area. Every build is scoped and quoted in writing.
- How much does a website for law firms cost?
- A standard law firm build costs A$500 to A$1,000, quoted in writing with a page per practice area, such as family law, wills and commercial disputes, and a profile for each lawyer. A Premium build, for a bigger site built to a higher finish, starts at A$1,000. Ongoing work is optional: A$97 a month covers hosting, security, backups and unlimited edits, and from A$197 a month adds SEO and Google Business Profile work.
- Who owns the law firm's website?
- The firm does. The client owns the website, content, domain and source code from launch. That covers the practice area pages and the lawyer profiles, including the admission details shown on them. The monthly plans are month to month with no minimum term, and cancelling takes effect at the end of the current paid month.
- Will the site rank for family law or wills searches?
- Google decides rankings, so no quote includes one. The build gives each practice area its own page and each lawyer a profile, and covers the structured data and mobile speed search engines read. The SEO plan then works on the Business Profile, Search Console and directory listings each month, with a report on what changed.
// the framework
Scope the practice areas, the lawyers and the first enquiry.
A law-firm-specific Kovus install, organised around the matters the firm takes on rather than a template's list of practice areas. How the five scoped areas work.
It is the build behind every Kovus site, scoped here to law firms. The other fields are on websites for professional services.
// practical guides
Field guides for law firm websites
// built from Perth
A Joondalup family law enquiry is not a CBD commercial dispute.
Kovus is based in Perth and builds for firms Australia-wide. How search splits across the Perth metro is covered on Web Design Perth.
Scope a law firm site that explains each practice area.
Send your practice areas and the lawyers who need a profile. Josh comes back with a written quote for a page per practice area.
Or call Josh on 0423 155 979 or email josh@kovus.dev.