A Law Firm Website in Lebanon: Bilingual Content, Bar Rules and What to Hire For

A person looking for a lawyer, or a company checking a Lebanese firm before it signs a contract, will almost always look you up online first. What they find works less like a brochure and more like a reference check. A site that is vague, out of date, or badly translated does not just fail to win work. It raises a doubt about how careful you are.

A law firm site also carries constraints that a restaurant or a salon does not. This guide is for the partner or practice manager commissioning one: what to check before you hire anyone, which pages you need, how to get accurate legal writing, how to handle Arabic, English and French properly, and where client confidentiality changes the design.

Check your bar's rules before you brief anyone

Lawyers in Lebanon are members of a bar association, Beirut or Tripoli depending on where they are registered, and the professional rules govern how a lawyer may present and promote their practice. What is and is not allowed in a website, a social post or a directory listing is a matter for your own bar. A web developer, designer or marketer cannot answer it for you, and none of them carries the consequence if the answer is wrong.

So make this the first step: read the current rules or ask your bar what a firm may publish, and write the answer into the brief. Some things are worth asking about explicitly: how you may describe your specialisations, whether client lists and testimonials are acceptable, and how much you can say about past cases. Ask before the copy is written, not after the site is live.

The pages a firm site actually needs

Keep it plain and complete.

• A page for each practice area, not one long "What we do" list. A person searching for help with a commercial dispute or a family matter lands on the page about that, and each page can answer the questions people in that situation actually have.
• Profiles for the lawyers, with the languages each one works in, their registration and their areas of focus, written in the tone you would use with a client.
• A clear way to get in touch, with the office address, hours and languages of service, and a contact route you actually monitor.
• An "about the firm" page that says who you are and how you work, without superlatives you cannot back up.

Do not offer a language you cannot answer in. If the site is in three languages and an enquiry arrives in one nobody handles, the site has promised something the firm cannot deliver.

Legal content is not marketing copy

The usual advice, "write persuasively and make it punchy", is the wrong instinct for a law firm. Content should be accurate, calm and useful: explain how a common procedure works, what documents people usually need, what the general steps are. That serves the reader and builds trust in a way slogans do not.

Two rules are worth writing into the brief. A lawyer reviews every published page, whoever drafts it, because a small inaccuracy in legal text is worse than a gap. And general information is not advice; the site should say plainly that it is general information and that a specific situation needs a consultation. Avoid anything that promises an outcome.

A copywriter who has worked with professional services will save you time; one who has not may write confident claims your bar or your own judgment will make you delete. If you are choosing one, our guide to hiring a copywriter in Lebanon covers the checks, and the website copywriter page shows what page copy typically costs on Furrsati, roughly $30 to $150 per page.

Doing Arabic, English and French properly

In Lebanon, the working languages of legal practice are mixed. Court proceedings are in Arabic, contracts between businesses are often in English or French, and a good deal of the country's legal vocabulary has French roots. A firm's audience may include a local individual, a Lebanese company and a foreign client in the same week.

That has practical consequences for the site.

Write each language natively where you can. A page translated word for word from English often reads as translated, and in legal text the wrong Arabic term for a concept is not a style problem, it is an accuracy problem. For Arabic content, a native Arabic writer will read better than a translation of your English; see how to hire an Arabic content writer.

Fix your terminology once. Decide how you write the names of legal concepts, court types and your practice areas in each language, and use them identically on every page. A translator working from a short glossary is far more consistent than one guessing.

Have a lawyer read each language. Whoever is fluent in the language of a page should sign it off, not only the person who read the English. When you need a translator for the bilingual pages, the Arabic-English translator page lists roughly $0.04 to $0.12 per word, and how to hire an Arabic-English translator explains how to test one. If you also need official documents rendered for authorities, that is a separate job; see certified document translation in Lebanon.

Confidentiality changes the design

A law firm's site handles more sensitive material than most:

• No client names, matter details or testimonials without explicit consent, and check what your bar allows even with consent.
• Do not invite case details into an open form or a WhatsApp link. A contact form should ask for a name, a way to reach the person and a short description of the subject, and say clearly that nobody should send confidential documents or full case facts until an engagement is agreed.
• Say what happens to a message. Who reads it, how quickly you reply, and that sending a message does not create a lawyer-client relationship.
• Keep the site's own access under control. The domain, hosting and admin accounts should belong to the firm; see website maintenance after launch.

What to spend on

There are three separate costs: the site itself, the writing, and the translation. On Furrsati, a 3-5 page small business website is listed at roughly $350 to $900; a firm with several practice areas and lawyer profiles will sit toward the top of that or beyond, so scope it page by page. Our website cost breakdown explains what moves the price, and our website brief guide helps you write the request.

Hiring and paying safely

Brief the writer and the developer separately. The developer builds the structure; the writer's copy goes in after your lawyers have approved it. Put the bar-rules check, the review step and the terminology glossary into the written scope, and use separate milestones for structure, copy and each language, written up with our job brief guide.

Furrsati removes the risk on payment. You post your project, compare proposals from verified freelancers, fund a milestone, and release payment only once you've approved the work, with milestone funds held by Stripe until you release them. The service fee comes off the freelancer's side, so only standard card processing is added to your bill, and wallet-funded milestones carry none. Freelancers verify their identity before they can withdraw; as a client you need no verification. Payouts reach the freelancer inside Lebanon by OMT, Whish, bank transfer or USDT.

Your next step

Ask your bar what a firm may publish, list the practice areas and languages you actually serve, and decide who reviews each page. Then hire a small business website developer on Furrsati, and pair them with a website copywriter for the copy.

Frequently Asked Questions

Are there rules on how Lebanese lawyers can advertise online?

Lawyers are members of the Beirut or Tripoli bar association, and professional rules govern how a practice may be presented and promoted. We cannot tell you the current rules, so check them with your own bar before the copy is written, not after the site is live.

Which pages does a law firm website need?

A page for each practice area, profiles of the lawyers with their languages and areas of focus, a clear contact route, and an about page. Keep the language claims honest: do not list a language you cannot answer enquiries in.

Should a law firm's website be in Arabic, English and French?

Offer the languages your clients actually use and that your team can answer in. Court proceedings are in Arabic, business contracts are often in English or French, so many firms need more than one. Write each version natively and have a lawyer fluent in that language sign it off.

Can I put client testimonials or case results on the site?

Only with explicit consent, and check what your bar allows even then. Never publish client names or matter details without permission, and avoid anything that promises an outcome.

How much does a website for a small law firm cost in Lebanon?

On Furrsati, a 3-5 page small business website is listed at roughly $350 to $900, and page copy at about $30 to $150 per page. A firm with many practice areas and bilingual pages will land toward the top of that range or above it, so scope it page by page.