About Law-Trust.com

Our Mission

Estate planning is one of those things most people know they should do — and keep putting off. A big part of why? The cost and complexity feel overwhelming. A simple will drafted by an estate planning attorney typically runs $300–$1,200. A living trust package can run $1,500–$3,500 or more. For most families, that means the whole thing just... doesn't happen.

Online legal document services exist to change that equation. Services like LegalZoom, Trust & Will, and Nolo can produce legally valid, jurisdiction-specific estate planning documents for a fraction of the cost. But not all of them are created equal — and nobody was doing the kind of rigorous, independent side-by-side testing that actually answers the question: which one should I use?

That's the gap we're here to fill.

What We Do

Law-Trust.com is an independent testing and comparison website. We purchase legal document services at full retail price, create actual estate planning documents through each platform, and score every service against a documented set of criteria. Then we publish those results — including the scores that disappoint.

Meet the Editorial Team

Law-Trust.com is built by a small team of editors, researchers, and a legal professional who care about getting the details right. Here's who does the work behind every review.

How We Make Money

What That Means for Our Rankings

The critical question is whether commissions influence our rankings. They don't — and here's how we ensure that:

• Rankings are determined by testing scores, not commission rates. Our scores are calculated from five weighted criteria. A service that scores 9.1 ranks above one that scores 8.2, regardless of which pays a higher commission.
• We have affiliate relationships with some services but not all. Services without affiliate agreements are still reviewed and ranked on equal footing with affiliated services.
• We publish low scores. Several services in our database score below 6.0. We have affiliate relationships with some of them. Their scores aren't inflated because of it.
• We reject paid placements. No service can pay for higher rankings, a "featured" label, or inclusion in a comparison table. We have declined such offers.
• Full commissions disclosure. Where affiliate links appear, the disclosure is on the same page — not buried in a footer or a policy page you'd never see.

Our Testing Process

Every service review starts with the same seven-step testing methodology. No exceptions, no shortcuts. For the full breakdown of exactly how we test and how we score each service, see our dedicated How We Test page.

The short version:

• We create a new account under a test identity and pay the full published price
• We complete all four core estate planning documents: Last Will & Testament, Living Trust, Power of Attorney, and Advance Healthcare Directive
• We test across multiple jurisdictions — US (multiple states), Canada, UK, Australia, Ireland, and India
• We time the entire process and note every friction point
• We review every output document line by line against legal standards
• Our attorney reviewer validates legal accuracy and jurisdiction-specific compliance
• We test customer support across email, live chat, and phone

Services are fully re-tested every quarter. Pricing is verified monthly. Scores are never grandfathered from previous tests — if a service changes, its score reflects the current version.

Editorial Independence Statement

Law-Trust.com is independently owned and operated. We are not owned by, affiliated with, or funded by any of the legal services we review. Our editorial team makes all review and ranking decisions without input from commercial partners or service providers.

Our editorial independence policy is maintained through clear organizational separation: the people who make testing and scoring decisions have no involvement in commercial negotiations, and affiliate partnerships are never disclosed to reviewers during the scoring process. Scores are finalized before any affiliate links are placed on a review page.

For a complete explanation of our editorial standards, fact-checking process, affiliate disclosure, and correction policy, read our Editorial Policy.

Contact & Partnerships

We welcome reader feedback, factual corrections, and partnership inquiries from legal service providers who want to be added to our review queue. We do not accept sponsored content or paid placements.