What a legal aid organization website needs to do
Legal aid sites work when they answer three questions fast: who is eligible, what matters you take and how to ask. Add a clear way to reach you, languages offered and a short note about what happens after someone applies.
Because many visitors read on a phone and may not read English first, short sentences and optional Spanish matter. A simple structure is more useful than a long page of services.
People searching for a legal aid organization usually decide in seconds. Your site should answer the questions below before they have to ask.
See if you qualify
General guidelines
Ask for help
Short request form
Learn what we handle
Matter types
Volunteer or donate
Support the work
Timing matters. Housing and benefit questions spike at the start of each month and before school years.
The pages a legal aid organization website needs
A legal aid organization site does not need dozens of pages. It needs the right few, each doing one job:
- ✓Home with a help button
- ✓Who we help
- ✓Matter types — housing, family and more as you serve
- ✓Volunteer and give
- ✓Contact
Need a page for every service or town you cover? The larger packages give you room to grow.
Mistakes we see on legal aid organization websites
- ✓Unclear eligibility
- ✓Hard-to-find contact — people give up
- ✓Dense legal language — visitors cannot follow
Getting found: SEO basics for a legal aid organization
- ✓Matter and place — "free legal help for eviction in your county"
- ✓Plain eligibility copy — answers worried searches
- ✓FAQ — what to bring
Cheap Cheap Websites sets up the essentials on every build, and Monthly SEO adds new pages every month when you are ready.
Sample sites that could be yours
These are real samples we designed. Yours is built around your business, your photos and your words.
What a legal aid organization website costs
Most legal aid organizations fit Business Plus: $989 one-time for up to 20 pages, because they need a home page, an eligibility page, a matters page, a support page and a contact form. Websites are priced one-time, plus Website Care at $30/month for hosting, HTTPS, backups, weekly checks and A/B testing. Every package includes a consultation, mobile-friendly design, copy we write for you, a contact form, essential search setup and 10 revision rounds.
Optional add-ons, billed separately
The prices above are for your website. These two are separate monthly products you can add now or later. Neither is part of the website price.
Monthly SEO, from $50/month: new pages published on your site every month. See Monthly SEO →
Business Spotlight, from $30/month: articles about your business, labeled as paid, published on The Company Chronicle. See Business Spotlight →
What we ask a legal aid organization for
We will ask for matters you take, eligibility guidelines, languages, how people should reach you and how donors can give.
How it works
1. Consultation
We learn your services, customers and goals, in English or Spanish.
2. We write and design
We draft the words and build the site around your business.
3. 10 revision rounds
You review and request changes until it is right.
4. Launch and care
We launch, then Website Care keeps it hosted, backed up, checked weekly and A/B tested.
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