LEGAL · CONTACT FORM TEMPLATE

Lawyer & Law Firm Consultation Form

Lawyer contact forms run case intake — practice area, case description, jurisdiction, urgency. Three minutes of intake by form saves a 30-minute conflict-check call.

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form.htmlhtml43 lines

01<form action="https://splitforms.com/api/submit" method="POST">
02  <input type="hidden" name="access_key" value="YOUR_ACCESS_KEY">
03  <input type="hidden" name="subject" value="New legal inquiry">
04 
05  <label for="name">Full name *</label>
06  <input id="name" type="text" name="name" placeholder="Marcus Lim" required>
07  <label for="email">Email *</label>
08  <input id="email" type="email" name="email" placeholder="marcus@example.com" required>
09  <label for="phone">Phone *</label>
10  <input id="phone" type="tel" name="phone" placeholder="+1 555 0142" required>
11  <label for="practice_area">Type of matter *</label>
12  <select id="practice_area" name="practice_area" required>
13    <option value="">Choose…</option>
14    <option>Personal injury</option>
15    <option>Family law / divorce</option>
16    <option>Estate planning / wills</option>
17    <option>Business / contracts</option>
18    <option>Criminal defense</option>
19    <option>Real estate</option>
20    <option>Immigration</option>
21    <option>Employment</option>
22    <option>Other</option>
23  </select>
24  <label for="urgency">Urgency *</label>
25  <select id="urgency" name="urgency" required>
26    <option value="">Choose…</option>
27    <option>Active deadline / court date</option>
28    <option>Soon — this month</option>
29    <option>Within a few months</option>
30    <option>Just exploring</option>
31  </select>
32  <label for="details">Brief description *</label>
33  <textarea id="details" name="details" placeholder="Don't share confidential case details — just enough for us to know if we can help." required></textarea>
34 
35  <!-- honeypot — bots fill every field -->
36  <input type="checkbox" name="botcheck" style="display:none" tabindex="-1" autocomplete="off">
37 
38  <button type="submit">Send</button>
39</form>
40 
41<p style="margin-top:12px;font-size:11px;color:#888;text-align:right">
42  Powered by <a href="https://splitforms.com" style="color:#888;text-decoration:none" target="_blank" rel="noopener">splitforms</a>
43</p>

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Lawyer & Law Firm Consultation Form — example splitforms template with submissions inbox

§ 01Why it mattersthe qualifying-fields argument

Law firm intake is bottlenecked on conflict checks and practice-area mismatch. A PI firm that takes a family-law lead wastes everyone's time; a family-law firm that misses an urgent restraining-order case loses a client and possibly a person's safety. The form sorts on practice area, urgency, and a brief description — the intake paralegal can run a conflict check before the consultation call. Most firms charge for consultations now; the form lets non-conflicted, on-topic leads book and pay before the lawyer's calendar gets touched.

Webhooks into Clio / MyCase / PracticePanther for conflict check + intake.

✦ at a glance

→Lawyer / case inquiry · 6 fields
→HTML, JS, React, PHP, cURL outputs
→One POST endpoint, no SDK
→Honeypot + classifier, no CAPTCHA

§ 02Live previewinteractive · sandboxed · no key required

See exactly what your visitors see — and you’ll receive.

Left: the rendered form, fully interactive in a sandboxed iframe. Right: the email and dashboard view that lands the moment a visitor submits.

preview · lawyer-contact-formlocalhost:3000

✦ what you’ll see in your inbox

Every submission becomes an email plus a dashboard row. The fields below are the exact payload your form will send. Reply-to is wired to the visitor’s email so hitting reply goes back to them.

dashboard · new submission14ms · 200 OK

SUBJECT · New legal inquiry

Full name: Maya Iyer
Email: maya@studio71.co
Phone: +1 415 555 0142
Type of matter: Mission, SoMa, Hayes Valley
Urgency: Active deadline / court date
Brief description: Loved your last open house in Hayes — looking for similar with parking. Pre-approved through Wells Fargo.

Iframe is sandboxed — submit doesn’t actually fire. Get your access key to wire it up live.

§ 03Three steps3 steps · ~60 seconds

Generate, embed, receive.

Three actions stand between you and your first lead. None of them require a backend, a database, or a CAPTCHA library.

STEP 01GENERATE

Capture practice area and jurisdiction

Required: practice area (PI / family / criminal / business / estate / IP), jurisdiction (state, sometimes county), brief description of the matter, urgency.

Create your form

key=sk_live_••••••••

STEP 02EMBED

Run the conflict check

Webhook the lead's name and opposing party (if known) to your conflict-check system or paralegal. Cleared leads schedule the consultation; conflicts get a referral letter.

snippethtml

<form action="https://splitforms.com/api/submit" method="POST">
  …
</form>

STEP 03RECEIVE

Book and pay for consultation

Cleared leads get a Cal.com / Calendly link with a Stripe pre-pay for the consultation fee. Non-paying consults are an old model; modern firms charge $75-300 for the initial call.

inbox · 1 newjust now

FROM contact@yoursite.com

New legal inquiry

Maya Iyer maya@studio71.co

Loved your last open house in Hayes — looking for similar with parking. Pre-approved through Wells Fargo.

§ 04Copy & ship5 languages · same endpoint

Five outputs. One backend.

HTML by default. Click open the language you ship in — every variant POSTs to the same /api/submit endpoint.

01HTMLform.html43 lines

<form action="https://splitforms.com/api/submit" method="POST">
  <input type="hidden" name="access_key" value="YOUR_ACCESS_KEY">
  <input type="hidden" name="subject" value="New legal inquiry">

  <label for="name">Full name *</label>
  <input id="name" type="text" name="name" placeholder="Marcus Lim" required>
  <label for="email">Email *</label>
  <input id="email" type="email" name="email" placeholder="marcus@example.com" required>
  <label for="phone">Phone *</label>
  <input id="phone" type="tel" name="phone" placeholder="+1 555 0142" required>
  <label for="practice_area">Type of matter *</label>
  <select id="practice_area" name="practice_area" required>
    <option value="">Choose…</option>
    <option>Personal injury</option>
    <option>Family law / divorce</option>
    <option>Estate planning / wills</option>
    <option>Business / contracts</option>
    <option>Criminal defense</option>
    <option>Real estate</option>
    <option>Immigration</option>
    <option>Employment</option>
    <option>Other</option>
  </select>
  <label for="urgency">Urgency *</label>
  <select id="urgency" name="urgency" required>
    <option value="">Choose…</option>
    <option>Active deadline / court date</option>
    <option>Soon — this month</option>
    <option>Within a few months</option>
    <option>Just exploring</option>
  </select>
  <label for="details">Brief description *</label>
  <textarea id="details" name="details" placeholder="Don't share confidential case details — just enough for us to know if we can help." required></textarea>

  <!-- honeypot — bots fill every field -->
  <input type="checkbox" name="botcheck" style="display:none" tabindex="-1" autocomplete="off">

  <button type="submit">Send</button>
</form>

<p style="margin-top:12px;font-size:11px;color:#888;text-align:right">
  Powered by <a href="https://splitforms.com" style="color:#888;text-decoration:none" target="_blank" rel="noopener">splitforms</a>
</p>

02JavaScriptform.js59 lines

<form id="lf-form">
  <label for="name">Full name *</label>
  <input id="name" type="text" name="name" placeholder="Marcus Lim" required>
  <label for="email">Email *</label>
  <input id="email" type="email" name="email" placeholder="marcus@example.com" required>
  <label for="phone">Phone *</label>
  <input id="phone" type="tel" name="phone" placeholder="+1 555 0142" required>
  <label for="practice_area">Type of matter *</label>
  <select id="practice_area" name="practice_area" required>
    <option value="">Choose…</option>
    <option>Personal injury</option>
    <option>Family law / divorce</option>
    <option>Estate planning / wills</option>
    <option>Business / contracts</option>
    <option>Criminal defense</option>
    <option>Real estate</option>
    <option>Immigration</option>
    <option>Employment</option>
    <option>Other</option>
  </select>
  <label for="urgency">Urgency *</label>
  <select id="urgency" name="urgency" required>
    <option value="">Choose…</option>
    <option>Active deadline / court date</option>
    <option>Soon — this month</option>
    <option>Within a few months</option>
    <option>Just exploring</option>
  </select>
  <label for="details">Brief description *</label>
  <textarea id="details" name="details" placeholder="Don't share confidential case details — just enough for us to know if we can help." required></textarea>
  <button type="submit">Send</button>
</form>

<p style="margin-top:12px;font-size:11px;color:#888;text-align:right">
  Powered by <a href="https://splitforms.com" style="color:#888;text-decoration:none" target="_blank" rel="noopener">splitforms</a>
</p>

<script>
  document.getElementById('lf-form').addEventListener('submit', async (e) => {
    e.preventDefault();
    const data = new FormData(e.target);
    data.set('access_key', 'YOUR_ACCESS_KEY');
    data.set('subject', 'New legal inquiry');

    const res = await fetch('https://splitforms.com/api/submit', {
      method: 'POST',
      body: data,
      headers: { Accept: 'application/json' },
    });

    const json = await res.json();
    if (json.success) {
      e.target.reset();
      alert('Sent!');
    } else {
      alert('Error: ' + (json.message || 'Try again'));
    }
  });
</script>

03React / Next.jsForm.tsx74 lines

'use client';

import { useState, type FormEvent } from 'react';

export default function LawConsultationForm() {
  const [status, setStatus] = useState<'idle' | 'sending' | 'sent' | 'error'>('idle');

  async function onSubmit(e: FormEvent<HTMLFormElement>) {
    e.preventDefault();
    setStatus('sending');

    const data = new FormData(e.currentTarget);
    data.set('access_key', 'YOUR_ACCESS_KEY');
    data.set('subject', 'New legal inquiry');

    const res = await fetch('https://splitforms.com/api/submit', {
      method: 'POST',
      body: data,
      headers: { Accept: 'application/json' },
    });

    const json = await res.json();
    setStatus(json.success ? 'sent' : 'error');
    if (json.success) e.currentTarget.reset();
  }

  if (status === 'sent') return <p>Thanks — we&rsquo;ll be in touch.</p>;

  return (
    <>
    <form onSubmit={onSubmit}>
      <label htmlFor="name">Full name *</label>
      <input id="name" type="text" name="name" placeholder="Marcus Lim" required />
      <label htmlFor="email">Email *</label>
      <input id="email" type="email" name="email" placeholder="marcus@example.com" required />
      <label htmlFor="phone">Phone *</label>
      <input id="phone" type="tel" name="phone" placeholder="+1 555 0142" required />
      <label htmlFor="practice_area">Type of matter *</label>
      <select id="practice_area" name="practice_area" required>
        <option value="">Choose…</option>
        <option>Personal injury</option>
        <option>Family law / divorce</option>
        <option>Estate planning / wills</option>
        <option>Business / contracts</option>
        <option>Criminal defense</option>
        <option>Real estate</option>
        <option>Immigration</option>
        <option>Employment</option>
        <option>Other</option>
      </select>
      <label htmlFor="urgency">Urgency *</label>
      <select id="urgency" name="urgency" required>
        <option value="">Choose…</option>
        <option>Active deadline / court date</option>
        <option>Soon — this month</option>
        <option>Within a few months</option>
        <option>Just exploring</option>
      </select>
      <label htmlFor="details">Brief description *</label>
      <textarea id="details" name="details" placeholder="Don't share confidential case details — just enough for us to know if we can help." required />

      <button type="submit" disabled={status === 'sending'}>
        {status === 'sending' ? 'Sending…' : 'Send'}
      </button>

      {status === 'error' && <p>Something went wrong. Try again.</p>}
    </form>

      <p style={{ marginTop: 12, fontSize: 11, color: '#888', textAlign: 'right' }}>
        Powered by <a href="https://splitforms.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style={{ color: '#888', textDecoration: 'none' }}>splitforms</a>
      </p>
    </>
  );
}

04PHPsubmit.php28 lines

<?php
// Drop into a PHP page. Receives a form POST and proxies it to splitforms.com.
// Useful when you want to add server-side validation or rate limiting.

if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] === 'POST') {
    $allowed = ['name', 'email', 'phone', 'practice_area', 'urgency', 'details'];
    $payload = ['access_key' => 'YOUR_ACCESS_KEY'];
    $payload['subject'] = 'New legal inquiry';

    foreach ($allowed as $f) {
        if (isset($_POST[$f])) $payload[$f] = $_POST[$f];
    }

    $ch = curl_init('https://splitforms.com/api/submit');
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, http_build_query($payload));
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ['Accept: application/json']);
    $response = curl_exec($ch);
    $status   = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
    curl_close($ch);

    header('Content-Type: application/json');
    http_response_code($status);
    echo $response;
    exit;
}
?>

05cURLtest.sh10 lines

curl -X POST https://splitforms.com/api/submit \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  -d "access_key=YOUR_ACCESS_KEY" \
  -d "subject=New legal inquiry" \
  -d "name=Jane Builder" \
  -d "email=jane@example.com" \
  -d "phone=+15555555555" \
  -d "practice_area=Personal injury" \
  -d "urgency=Active deadline / court date" \
  -d "details=Hello from cURL"

Replace YOUR_ACCESS_KEY with the key from your dashboard. That’s the only edit.

§ 04bUse this template with…17 frameworks · same backend

One template. Every framework.

The same field set works on every framework splitforms supports. HTML, React, Next.js, Vue, Astro, Hugo, WordPress — same POST, same backend.

§ 06FAQ4 answered

Things people ask before they ship.

Direct answers, no marketing fluff. Missing one? Email hello@splitforms.com.

01Is the form attorney-client privileged?

Strictly speaking, the privilege attaches when the attorney-client relationship forms — the form submission is pre-relationship, so it's confidential by professional duty but not yet privileged. Most firms include disclaimer language: 'submitting this form does not create an attorney-client relationship.' Standard practice.

02How do I avoid taking on conflicted cases?

Capture opposing party name on the form. Webhook to your conflict-check system. Cleared leads proceed; conflicts get a courteous referral. Skipping this step is a malpractice risk.

03Can I integrate with Clio / MyCase / PracticePanther?

Yes — webhook the JSON to Zapier and into your practice management software. Lead lands as a prospect or matter, with intake data pre-filled.

04Should I offer free vs paid consultations?

Depends on practice area. PI firms still do free consults (contingency model). Family / business / estate increasingly charge $100-300 for the first consult — filters out tire-kickers and respects the lawyer's time. The form can route to a Stripe pre-pay link automatically.

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