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ADA Compliance for Law Firm Websites

You advise clients on regulatory exposure. Website accessibility is now part of it, and your own site is measured against the standard courts reference. See where yours stands in about a minute.

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WCAG 2.1 AA

The standard courts reference

Fixed price

Scoped and shown up front

~60-second scan

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The credibility gap

Hand-drawn illustration of a cobbler's own shoes worn through, soles split open, on a workbench

Accessibility law is a regulatory-exposure problem, which is the kind of problem your clients hire you to see coming. The web version of it is measured against WCAG 2.1 AA, the accessibility standard courts and regulators reference in ADA cases.

That gap is easy to miss. A firm that keeps clients on the right side of regulation is running a website no one has checked against the one accessibility standard this litigation turns on. It's the cobbler whose own shoes have worn through.

You don't have to guess about your own site. The scan comes back in about a minute with what it found, measured against WCAG 2.1 AA, in plain language rather than developer jargon.

Where the exposure sits

The risk concentrates on the intake path, where a visitor has to act. A law firm is a place of public accommodation, so if your firm has a physical office, courts have repeatedly held the ADA reaches its site.

Consultation request forms

The form a prospective client fills out to reach you. Missing labels make it unusable with a screen reader, so it fails the standard and loses you the client.

Contact pages

The phone, email, and booking actions a visitor has to operate. If none of them work with a keyboard, a keyboard user has no way to contact you.

Intake questionnaires

Multi-step intake is where forms get complicated and accessibility quietly breaks, and it's a step every new client has to get through.

Useful on a client's site too

If you advise clients who are getting demand letters, the same scan runs on their sites. Instead of telling a client to look into accessibility, you can hand them a clear picture of where their site stands and a fixed price to fix it. We do the remediation; you stay the advisor who pointed them to a real fix.

See what needs fixing on your firm's site.

Scan my firm's site

Three ways to handle website accessibility. One of them works.

What you get
Overlay widgets JavaScript toolbar on top of your existing site
Large firms Consulting engagement with a large scope
Guava Code-level remediation, scoped to your site
Fixes your code?
Overlay widgets No
Large firms Eventually
Guava Yes
Typical timeline
Overlay widgets Instant (but ineffective)
Large firms Months
Guava Weeks
Pricing
Overlay widgets Monthly fee that never ends, and your code is unchanged
Large firms Enterprise engagement
Guava Fixed price, scoped and itemized up front
Requires your own developer?
Overlay widgets No
Large firms Usually
Guava No

Law firm websites and the ADA

Are law firm websites covered by the ADA?
If your firm has a physical office, almost certainly. Courts have repeatedly applied Title III of the ADA to the websites of businesses with a physical location, and a law firm is a place of public accommodation. Coverage of web-only businesses is less settled and splits by circuit.
Are law firms being targeted for these lawsuits?
No published data breaks out law firms as a category of defendant, so we don't make that claim. This litigation is active across industries, and your site is measured against a standard you advise clients about.
What standard does the scan check against?
WCAG 2.1 AA, the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines at the AA conformance level. It's the standard courts and regulators reference in ADA cases. The scan tests your site against it and shows what it finds, in plain language.
What tends to be the problem on a law firm site?
Usually the interactive parts: the consultation request form, the intake questionnaire, the contact page. Missing form labels, low color contrast, and keyboard traps are the common failures, and they sit where a prospective client needs to reach you.
Can I use this to advise my own clients?
Yes. The scan works on any site. If you advise clients who have received demand letters, you can show them where their site stands and what fixing it costs, at a fixed price, instead of a vague recommendation to look into accessibility.
Does a passing scan mean my site is compliant?
No. An automated scan establishes a floor, not compliance. It catches what a machine can catch. "ADA compliant" is a legal conclusion, not a measurement, which is why we talk about meeting WCAG 2.1 AA rather than promising a legal outcome.

The fine print

Website accessibility lawsuits are filed across industries; the widely cited count is 3,117 filed in federal court in 2025, up 27% over 2024, per Seyfarth Shaw (a defense firm that also sells compliance counseling; federal-court basis). It describes the overall litigation environment, not law firms specifically. No source breaks out law firms as a category of defendant.

Courts and regulators reference WCAG 2.1 AA; no binding decision adopts it as the required standard. Whether Title III covers a given website can turn on whether the business has a physical location, and it splits by circuit for web-only businesses.

An automated scan detects a subset of issues and establishes a floor, never conformance. Our own site scores 100, and that does not make it compliant. "ADA compliant" is a legal conclusion, not a score.

This page is not legal advice.

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