Members of the public who visit the library must conduct their own legal research and may not solicit legal advice from law students or other library patrons. The UMKC Law Library and its librarians and staff cannot provide legal advice or counsel.
The UMKC-LAWMO Self-Help Law Clinic is a volunteer-based clinic helping individuals represent themselves on legal issues.
Visit the Self-Help Law Clinic Website
Phone: 816-235-2271
Email: umkclawprose@umkc.edu
The following databases are available for the public to use in the library:
Limited street and metered parking is available on campus. Visit UMKC Parking for more information
If you plan to represent yourself, you must attend the Litigant Awareness Program.
The Missouri Judiciary and the Missouri Bar provides helpful self-representing resources for family law matters in Missouri. The following are quick links to even more of their online resources.
Jackson County Circuit Court also provides forms that can be completed online and then printed out for submission to the court. Visit their site for forms relating to child support, small claims and more.
This federal court publishes a number of forms, including templates for a Civil Complaint, a Title VII Complaint, a Social Security Complaint, and an Application for Leave to File Without Payment.
The Missouri Bar Association publishes forms for Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care and Health Care Directive, which can ensure that a person’s wishes regarding future health care are met, and can also relieve families from having to make difficult decisions at a time of great stress. The Missouri Bar website also contains a variety of legal resources for the public including help finding a lawyer, publications on a variety of legal topics, and other resources to help Missourians gain a better understanding of the law.
Commonly requested Kansas court forms can be found at the links below, including forms related to name changes, motor vehicle titles, divorce, and small claims.
Missouri Courts also publish local rules, which are specific to the individual court. Each court will expect self-represented litigants to operate by its local rules in addition to the procedural rules that are applicable to all courts. Below are direct links to the local rules of the Jackson County Circuit Court and the Missouri Courts of Appeals.
All Kansas courts are bound to follow certain procedural rules and will expect self-represented litigants to operate by those rules as well. Below are direct links to the most commonly applicable procedural rules:
Kansas Courts also publish local rules, which are specific to the individual court. Each court will expect self-represented litigants to operate by its local rules in addition to the procedural rules that are applicable to all courts. Below is a direct link to the local rules of Johnson County Circuit Court.
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