Law firm website template for Next.js

Law firm websites have a reputation for being dull: a courthouse photo, a column of practice areas, a stock handshake. The people building them are right to be cautious. A firm cannot look flashy, cannot promise outcomes, and has to follow advertising rules a dentist never thinks about. The question I ask when I build one is how to make a page feel alive while staying serious. The answer is restrained motion on a strict block order. This is the law firm template I use in Next.js, built from Facade blocks, and the reasoning behind each piece.

What a potential client is asking

Someone who lands on a law firm site is usually in a bad week. They have a problem, they are comparing two or three firms, and they want four answers fast:

1. Do you handle my kind of case?
2. Have you handled cases like mine before, and how did they go?
3. Who exactly will I be talking to?
4. What happens after I call?

Every block on the page answers one of those. If a block does not, it comes off. That rule removes the courthouse photo and the awards carousel.

The ten block order

This is the order I use on the law firm page:

1. Hero, agency
2. Stats band
3. Features bento
4. Team grid
5. Process steps
6. Testimonials wall
7. FAQ section
8. Contact section
9. CTA section
10. Footer, big

The hero states what the firm does and for whom. The stats band gives three or four real numbers: years in practice, cases resolved, attorneys. The bento shows practice areas, the team grid the people, the process steps what happens after the call. Reviews, questions, contact, a closing call to action and a footer with the office address close it out. Four of these blocks make a law firm page different from a plumber page, and they are the ones I will go into.

A serious hero with motion

The Hero, agency block was built for studios, but it is the right hero for a firm because it does one thing: oversized type, one sentence, one button. Each headline line slides up from behind a mask, one after the other. The marquee under it, which an agency uses for client wordmarks, works for a firm as a row of bar associations, court admissions or publications where partners have been quoted. Wrap one word in asterisks and it renders in the muted secondary color, a quieter emphasis than a brand colored word, which is as much decoration as a firm headline can carry.

import { HeroAgency } from "@/components/facade/hero-agency";

<HeroAgency
  eyebrow="Family and estate law, Denver"
  headline={["Clear advice when", "it *matters* most."]}
  description="Twenty two years of representing Colorado families in divorce, custody and estate matters. One attorney handles your case from the first call to the last signature."
  primaryCta={{ label: "Book a consultation", href: "#contact" }}
  secondaryCta={{ label: "Practice areas", href: "#practice-areas" }}
  availability="Consultations available this week"
  clientsLabel="Admitted and recognized"
  clients={["Colorado Bar Association", "U.S. District Court, D. Colo.", "Denver Bar Association", "Super Lawyers", "AV Preeminent"]}
/>

Two notes on copy. Use the availability line only if the firm really is taking new clients that week. And check your state bar's advertising rules before naming any rating or award in the marquee; some require a disclaimer.

The hero is free and installs in one command:

npx shadcn@latest add https://facadeui.com/r/hero-agency.json

Practice areas as a bento

A list of practice areas is the block visitors scan hardest, and a bulleted list does not reward the scan. The Features bento is a six cell grid where each cell has a title, a description and a live micro animation. The cells are fixed in their visual roles, in order: reviews, map, inbox, chart, automation and booking. You supply the copy through the cells prop, a tuple of exactly six { title, description } objects.

For a firm I map them like this: the reviews cell becomes "Client results", the map cell "Where we practice", the inbox cell "Responsive communication", the chart cell "Case outcomes", the automation cell "Transparent fees" and the booking cell "Consultations". The animations stay as they are; they are abstract enough that a chart cell reads as "track record" without claiming a specific number.

import { FeaturesBento } from "@/components/facade/features-bento";

<FeaturesBento
  eyebrow="Practice areas"
  title="Focused on the cases that change a family's life"
  cells={[
    { title: "Divorce and separation", description: "Negotiated settlements first, litigation when it protects you." },
    { title: "Custody and parenting time", description: "Plans built around your children's schedule, not the court's." },
    { title: "Responsive by design", description: "Calls returned the same business day. Written updates after every hearing." },
    { title: "Estate planning", description: "Wills, trusts and powers of attorney drafted in plain English." },
    { title: "Transparent fees", description: "Flat fees for uncontested matters, hourly estimates in writing for the rest." },
    { title: "Consultations", description: "Forty five minutes with the attorney who will handle your case." },
  ]}
/>

The bento is a Pro block and installs from the private registry once the license key is in place (see the Pro setup):

npx shadcn@latest add @facade/features-bento

The attorney grid

"Who will I be talking to" is answered by the Team grid. Each TeamMember has a name, a role, a bio, an optional location and socials, and an optional imageSrc. Without a photo the card renders a gradient initials avatar, which is fine for a launch and better than a cropped conference photo. The bio reveals on hover, so the grid stays calm until the visitor asks for more.

For attorneys, the bio holds bar admissions and years of practice, and the role line says "Partner" or "Associate". Set showHiringCard={false} unless the firm is actually recruiting.

npx shadcn@latest add https://facadeui.com/r/team-grid.json

Intake as process steps

The block that lowers the barrier to calling is the one that explains what the call leads to. The Process steps section draws a vertical line that fills as the visitor scrolls, and each step activates as the line reaches it. Each ProcessStep has a title, a description and an optional meta label like "Free" or "Within 48 hours".

For a firm, four steps:

import { ProcessSteps } from "@/components/facade/process-steps";

<ProcessSteps
  eyebrow="How it works"
  title="From your first call to a plan"
  steps={[
    { title: "Confidential call", description: "A 15 minute call with our intake coordinator to understand your situation and check for conflicts.", meta: "Free" },
    { title: "Consultation", description: "You meet the attorney who will handle your case. Bring your documents; we bring the questions.", meta: "45 minutes" },
    { title: "Strategy and fee agreement", description: "A written plan with options, timelines and a fee estimate you can take home.", meta: "In writing" },
    { title: "We get to work", description: "Filings, negotiations and court dates, with an update after every step.", meta: "Same attorney throughout" },
  ]}
  cta={{ label: "Start with a confidential call", href: "#contact" }}
/>

npx shadcn@latest add https://facadeui.com/r/process-steps.json

Deploying it

The page is one Next.js App Router route that imports ten components and passes data. Put the firm's copy in a single site-data.ts and keep the page free of text. There is no CMS in the way, which for a firm is a feature: the partner who approves every word can read the data file.

FAQ

Is motion appropriate on a law firm site?

Yes, when it is quiet and purposeful. A headline that reveals once, a line that draws as you scroll, a bio that appears on hover. No parallax, no auto playing video, no bouncing icons. Every Facade block also respects the visitor's reduced motion setting and renders static when it is on.

Can I use the real estate or local business hero instead?

You could, but their defaults are wrong for a firm: a live rating and technician ETA card, or a Buy, Rent, Sell search. The agency hero is the one with nothing to remove.

What about disclaimers and attorney advertising rules?

Put the disclaimer in the footer and anywhere results or ratings appear. Rules differ by state and country, so check with the bar before launch. The blocks are plain React, so adding a disclaimer line under any of them is a one line edit.