Free Animated Law Diagrams
Civil, criminal, contracts, IP, family, courts. Clear visual flows for dense legal content.
Legal content is dense and benefits massively from visual flow. Show a civil case from filing to appeal, a contract from offer to acceptance, the hierarchy of US federal courts, the comparison between burden-of-proof standards, IP types, family law timelines. Built for lawyer-bloggers, legal-tech vendors, and citizen-advice sites.
- What this is
- Free, embeddable, animated diagrams covering law topics (civil litigation, criminal, contracts, intellectual property, and more).
- Who uses it
- Lawyer-bloggers · Legal-tech vendors · Citizen advice · Law schools
- How to embed
- Copy one line of HTML per diagram. No signup. No watermark. Works in WordPress, Webflow, Ghost, Substack, plain HTML.
- Diagrams in this category
- 52 live (total in catalog: 52).
- License
- Free forever. The diagram and editorial explainer text are served from scrollchart.com so they can be updated over time to reflect new research.
- URL
- scrollchart.com/categories/law
What you will find here
- Civil: case lifecycles, discovery, motions
- Criminal: arrest to verdict, sentencing
- Contracts: formation, breach, remedies
- IP: patent/trademark/copyright/trade secret
- Family, courts, jurisdictions
6 topic areas in Law
Case lifecycles, discovery, motions, damages, appeals.
Arrest to verdict, sentencing, plea bargains, miranda.
Formation, performance, breach, remedies, UCC.
Patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret comparison and lifecycles.
Divorce, custody, adoption, probate timelines.
US federal hierarchy, UK, EU, state systems, burden of proof.
Browse Law diagrams
Civil litigation 10 live
Case lifecycles, discovery, motions, damages, appeals.
Courts & jurisdictions 10 live
US federal hierarchy, UK, EU, state systems, burden of proof.
Criminal 8 live
Arrest to verdict, sentencing, plea bargains, miranda.
Contracts 8 live
Formation, performance, breach, remedies, UCC.
Intellectual property 8 live
Patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret comparison and lifecycles.
Family 8 live
Divorce, custody, adoption, probate timelines.
Common questions about Law diagrams
Where can I get free animated law diagrams for my website?
Scrollchart is a free library of animated, embeddable diagrams. The Law section covers the most common concepts and frameworks in the field. Each diagram embeds with one line of HTML, no account required, no watermark.
How do I embed a free animated law diagram in WordPress?
Copy the embed snippet from the diagram page on Scrollchart and paste it into a custom HTML block in your WordPress editor. The diagram loads automatically and scroll-paints into view. No plugin or API key needed.
Is there a free library of animated law diagrams I can embed without coding?
Scrollchart provides ready-to-embed animated diagrams across law and 35 other categories. The embed is a single line of HTML that works in any CMS, including WordPress, Webflow, Ghost, Substack, and plain HTML pages.
Do Scrollchart law diagrams include explanatory text?
Yes. Each diagram ships with a tabbed explainer panel covering what the diagram shows, the research behind it, and how to interpret it. The text is served from scrollchart.com and rendered directly in your page's DOM so it is indexed by search engines.
Don't see what you need?
Generate a custom law diagram from a prompt, or request a new template. Most ship within two weeks.