Be reachable when it actually happens.
Arrests and police station attendances happen at night and at weekends. A number that is answered around the clock, stated at the top of every page, is the single highest-converting element on a defence site.
Website design for criminal defence solicitors
Criminal defence sites that answer the 3am call.
Nobody researches a criminal defence solicitor for a week. They have been arrested or their family has been called, and they need someone now.
- From $2,995 (£2,395)
- Live in 7 days
- No agency jargon
Demos for criminal defence
Criminal defence website demos.
Real builds we can adapt for your firm. Open any of them to see how urgency, discretion, legal aid and police station attendance are handled.
Why it matters
What a criminal defence site does for the practice.
Criminal defence has the shortest decision window in law. The client is in custody or just released, the family is under real pressure, and the choice gets made in minutes.
Explain the duty solicitor scheme.
Many people do not know they are entitled to free independent legal advice at a police station. Explaining the duty solicitor scheme plainly reaches people at the exact moment they need to know it exists.
Own the charge, not just the category.
Assault, drug offences, road traffic offences, fraud, domestic abuse, sexual offences and motoring matters are separate searches by people in very different situations. Each earns its own page.
Explain legal aid without discouraging enquiries.
Legal aid is available for many criminal proceedings subject to a means and merits test. Explaining who qualifies and how the application works serves clients who would otherwise not make contact, and builds trust with those who are privately funded.
What is in the site
Built around how defence clients and their families actually make contact.
Every element is chosen to shorten the gap between a 3am phone call and a solicitor being instructed.
Round-the-clock contact, on every page.
Tap-to-call in the header, a sticky mobile call bar, and a plainly stated 24-hour police station attendance policy. If you attend police stations at 3am, that fact should be the most visible statement on the site.
Duty solicitor scheme explained.
A clear explanation that anyone being questioned at a police station is entitled to free independent legal advice, that this advice is provided by a duty solicitor if your own solicitor is unavailable, and that asking for a solicitor cannot be held against you. This is what people search for in the immediate aftermath of an arrest.
A page for every charge and investigation type.
Assault and ABH, drug supply and possession, road traffic offences and drink driving, fraud and financial crime, domestic abuse allegations, sexual offences, knife crime, firearms, theft and robbery, motoring offences, interview under caution, and court of appeal.
Legal aid explained, not buried.
Who qualifies for criminal legal aid, how the means and merits tests work, what passporting benefits affect eligibility, and what happens at the magistrates court versus the Crown Court. Honest, useful and designed to encourage contact rather than self-exclusion.
Magistrates court and Crown Court separated.
The procedure, the sentencing powers and the representation differences between summary and indictable proceedings explained clearly, so a client who has already been to court once understands where they stand.
Interview under caution guidance.
What it means to be invited for a voluntary interview under caution, why it is not voluntary in practice, and why attending without legal advice is almost always the wrong decision. This content ranks strongly and reaches the audience at exactly the right moment.
Discreet, low-commitment contact.
A short form that asks only what is needed to open a conversation, with confidentiality stated before anything is requested. No requirement to describe an alleged offence in writing.
Word of mouth
Trusted by criminal defence across the US and UK.
Our out-of-hours enquiries tripled once the site made it clear we attended police stations around the clock. The number had been in the footer. Nobody found it on a phone at midnight.
Marcus Brennan
Managing Partner · Brennan Criminal Defence · London
Explaining the duty solicitor scheme on the site brought in clients who had assumed they could not afford representation. Some of them became privately paying clients after we explained the means test.
Joanne Clarke
Partner · Clarke Defence Solicitors · Manchester
Separate pages for each charge was the whole difference. We rank for specific matters now rather than competing against every criminal firm in the region on a single generic page.
Tariq Hussain
Founding Solicitor · Hussain & Co Criminal Solicitors · Birmingham
FAQ
Criminal Defence website FAQs.
The questions criminal defences ask before they hit the “get a price” button.
How much does a criminal defence solicitor website cost?
A criminal defence solicitor website from LawFirmWebDesign is £2,395 (fixed, one-time fee), or £3,195 with full brand identity included. There is no monthly retainer and no contract. That covers the duty solicitor scheme explanation, charge-specific pages, legal aid information and 24/7 contact prominence.
What is the duty solicitor scheme and why does it matter on a defence website?
The duty solicitor scheme provides free independent legal advice to anyone being questioned at a police station. A duty solicitor is available if the person's own solicitor cannot attend. Many people — including those who have been arrested before — do not know they are entitled to this advice, and some assume that asking for a solicitor will be held against them. Explaining it clearly on a criminal defence website reaches people at the exact moment the information is most useful.
Should a criminal defence solicitor website explain legal aid?
Yes, and honestly. Criminal legal aid is available for many proceedings at the magistrates and Crown Court, subject to a means test and, for higher-value cases, a merits test. Certain benefits passport an applicant past the means test. Explaining who qualifies, how the process works, and what happens at each court tier serves clients who would otherwise not make contact, and answers a question that answer engines are frequently asked to resolve.
What should a criminal defence solicitor website include?
A phone number answered around the clock and visible on every page, 24-hour police station attendance stated prominently, the duty solicitor scheme explained clearly, legal aid eligibility information, a page per charge and investigation type, separate treatment of magistrates court and Crown Court proceedings, interview under caution guidance, and a short and discreet contact form.
Should each criminal charge have its own page?
Yes. Someone arrested for drink driving and someone invited to a voluntary interview under caution for suspected fraud are in entirely different situations with different urgency, different procedural routes and different potential consequences. Separate pages let each rank independently, let the copy address that specific situation properly, and prevent the site from reading as a generic list of criminal law work.
Why do criminal defence websites need a different design to other law firm websites?
Urgency must be more prominent, because the decision window is measured in minutes rather than days. Contact details sit higher and repeat more often. Discretion matters more, because a visitor may be researching on a shared or monitored device and page titles should stay neutral. Legal aid information needs to be visible and honest rather than hidden, because many of the people who most need a criminal defence solicitor assume they cannot afford one.
Do you do SEO for criminal defence solicitors?
Yes, built into every site. That means a page per charge and investigation type, a page per court or area you practise in, LegalService schema markup, Google Business Profile setup, and guidance content on the duty solicitor scheme, legal aid, interview under caution and the arrest process that ranks for the questions people search at the moment they need a solicitor.
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