U Do It Legal
Key Skills
UX Design, Project Management, User Research & Testing
Timeline
Jan - May 2025
Class
Experience Studio Three
U Do It Legal (UDIL) is an organization that provides affordable legal resources, education, and support for people who are representing themselves (self-represented litigants) in California family law cases. Their goal is to make the legal process more accessible, less overwhelming, and easier to navigate without the need for full legal representation.
We worked with U Do It Legal (UDIL) to improve the usability, accessibility, and SEO of their website, specifically focusing on free legal resources for self-represented litigants (SRLs) in California family law. Our team redesigned several key pages, implemented those designs in Squarespace, and conducted user testing to validate improvements.
Final Design
Our team created a redesigned homepage, About Us page, FAQ page, and a brand-new Resource Homepage. We moved the FAQ to its own page, which I championed designing and categorized questions for easier navigation.
We focused heavily on improving user navigation, page organization, and minimizing overwhelming text and animations.
Our contact at UDIL was immediately impressed by the new navigation, and where each page was located. We were able to hand all of this work off to be published!
Process
As one of the leaders of the team, I was involved in every stage—from conducting usability audits and building low-fidelity mockups to implementing our designs directly in Squarespace.
A major challenge was working within Squarespace's constraints while staying true to our original design goals. I helped lead sponsor communication, document design decisions, and shape our presentations. User testing was a key part of our process, helping us validate design choices and refine features based on real user feedback. This project helped me grow a lot in leading design decisions, adapting creatively, and grounding work in user-centered thinking.
Reflection
Working on the UDIL project was a huge learning experience for me, both as a designer and a leader. I took on a bigger leadership role than I had in past projects, helping with prototypes, sponsor communication, Squarespace implementation, documentation, and presentations. One of the biggest challenges was working around Squarespace’s limitations while staying true to our design goals, which pushed us to get creative.
Through usability and A/B testing, I learned the importance of grounding decisions in real user feedback. Overall, this project helped me grow in collaboration, leadership, and user-centered design, and it’s one of the experiences I’m most proud of in Experience Studio.
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