EXPLORE THE PROGRAM
What is Self Rep U?
If you're navigating Missouri family court without an attorney — whether by necessity or by choice — the system expects you to know the rules, both written and unwritten. Nobody tells you what they are until it may be too late.
FRIDAY EVENINGS
ONE HOUR
ST. LOUIS
50 SEATS PER CLASS
WHAT TO EXPECT
The Classes
WHY SELF REP U WAS CREATED
Two attorneys who got tired of watching it go wrong
Self Rep U started with a problem both of them had watched play out for years: people walking into Missouri family court alone, losing ground not because their case was weak, but because they didn't understand the process.
Ryan Munro and Kevin Lake built Self Rep U to help self-represented individuals understand the system, the process, and the language.
Ryan Munro and Kevin Lake built Self Rep U to fix a part of the system that has been overlooked for too long. Both are Missouri attorneys who’ve spent their careers on the inside of the family law process most people are seeing for the first time.
The attorneys behind Self Rep U
Ryan Munro and Kevin Lake built Self Rep U to fix a part of the system that has been overlooked for too long. Both are Missouri attorneys who’ve spent their careers on the inside of the family law process most people are seeing for the first time.
Ryan Munro
Ryan has practiced family law in Missouri since 2008 — He has also been a guardian ad litem since 2011 to investigate custody situations and make recommendations on what’s in the best interest of the child.
Kevin Lake
Kevin is a Missouri family law attorney and a certified guardian ad litem — the person a court appoints in custody cases to investigate the situation and make recommendations to the judge. That’s not a small thing here.
It means Kevin has spent his career on the inside of the exact process most self-represented people are seeing for the first time.
He’s argued family law cases through the Missouri Court of Appeals and watched, up close, how the details play out and where people lose ground without realizing it.
He helped build Self Rep U so people would walk into family court with more than their story, but a plan on how to tell their story to the judge.
Representing yourself in family court?
Here's what you need to know.
The court holds you to the same rules and deadlines as an attorney.
A courtroom is turn-based and runs on a format nobody hands you.
Most cases are lost in the weeks before anyone walks in.