2.1.0 — 2026-10-17 — Easier to read on a phone, faster replies, and a new way for firms to pay
This week we made LawyerLand easier to read and use on a phone, got requests to law firms out within the hour instead of days, and opened a secure PayPal checkout for firms upgrading their listing. We also answered questions people sent us and tightened privacy across messaging and accounts.
For people looking for a lawyer:
- When you send a request to a firm, it now reaches the firm within the hour; if the firm only takes calls, we email you its direct phone number within the hour too.
- Directory and profile pages read better on a phone: each listing shows the firm's name, address and phone before its picture, each firm appears once per page, offices show a Directions link, and buttons and links are clearer and easier to read.
- The legal glossary answers more of the questions people ask by state (for example dog bites, common-law marriage, gift cards, vehicle repossession and transfer-on-death deeds), and the definition or state picker now starts on the first screen of a phone.
- A new edition of our research on how readable each state's official statute websites are.
For law firms:
- Firms can now upgrade their own saved listing through a secure PayPal-hosted checkout; no card details pass through LawyerLand.
- Profile claims are now reviewed on evidence from your own website or profile, so a genuine claim moves forward without waiting.
- Messages and conversation links only open for the person they belong to, and a conversation link that has expired now explains what to do.
- Pages for law firms (pricing, sign-in, register, the account area) have clearer buttons and readable links.
Behind the scenes:
- Pages download faster on phones, and profile pictures load only when you scroll to them.
