A ♦Planned
Small Claims Edition
Decide, file, serve, rehearse the hearing and collect what you're owed.
Explore planned edition →Court simulators for people without a lawyer
Unshaken: Pro Se
Courtroom practice is coming. Today, explore plain-language Michigan topics, official forms, and legal help; join the waitlist for planned AI-guided rehearsal.
Laugh in practice. Stay steady in court.
What's happening in your case?
Start where you are
Something just happened? Start here.
Custody Edition · K♥
Just served custody papers?
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Court Order Edition · Q♣
Served a court order?
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Small Claims Edition · A♦
Do I have a case?
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Custody Edition · K♥
Friend of the Court interview?
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Small Claims Edition · A♦
Landlord kept your deposit?
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Small Claims Edition · A♦
Won but can't collect?
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The editions
Pick the moment you're facing
K ♥Planned
Custody Edition
Pro Se Parent: emergency motions, the Friend of the Court interview and the custody hearing.
Explore planned edition →Q ♣Planned
Court Order Edition
A game for living by your bond, protection order or custody order with clearer understanding.
Explore planned edition →J ♠Planned
Hearing Edition
Pretrial motions: argue, answer the judge and preserve the record.
Explore planned edition →10 ★Planned
Trial Edition
A full trial: opening, cross-examination, objections and closing.
Explore planned edition →The planned practice experience
Practice with cartoons. Walk in unshaken.
1
Know
A plain-language map of your process: forms, fees, deadlines and what happens next.
2
Practice
Speak your answers to an AI judge and the other side in an animated courtroom. Get a ruling and a debrief.
3
Follow through
Reminders and step-by-step help with service, orders and collecting what you're owed.
Why we made it fun
The courtroom is serious. Practicing for it doesn’t have to be.
Humor isn't a gimmick here. It's how you stay calm, keep practicing, and walk in unshaken. We laugh at the rituals and quirks—not at your pain, your children, or the seriousness of your case.
Stay calm, practice more
When practice is fun, you actually do it. More reps means calmer answers on the real day — and that's how you remain unshaken.
The system has quirks
Court comes with stressful little rituals and odd habits. We point them out and let you laugh at them before you ever see them for real.
Predictable stops being scary
Once you see the humor in how predictable those quirks are, they lose their power. When one happens in your real hearing, you'll smile instead of freeze.
The justice gap
92 of every 100 serious legal problems get no or not enough help.
Low-income people sought legal help for only a quarter of them. Unshaken is built for everyone left in that gap.
Source: Legal Services Corporation, The Justice Gap (2022).
See the impact →The courage to stand up
Justice is a promise. It should include you.
Human justice is imperfect. People make mistakes, institutions have blind spots, and being heard can feel harder when you stand alone. That does not make your dignity, your family, or the truth any less important. We stand together to help you prepare, find support, and pursue fairness in your own life.
Hold the court to its promises
Fairness. Evidence. A chance to be heard. Preparation helps you ask clear questions and bring the conversation back to the facts, rather than attacking the people in the room.
Pursue truth, not just victory
Separate what you know from what you assume. Organize the evidence, listen carefully, and practice explaining what it actually supports. Courage can be calm, specific, and respectful.
Self-represented is not alone
A rehearsal cannot promise an outcome. But preparation, legal help, and practical support can help you take the next step with greater confidence.
Meet our partner community →Socrates & the examined life
“The unexamined life is not worth living.”
Socrates, as portrayed in Plato’s Apology, 38a.
In 399 BCE, Socrates stood trial in Athens on charges of impiety and corrupting the young. His questioning challenged accepted beliefs and unsettled influential people; he was convicted and sentenced to death.
In Plato’s account, he insisted that examining our beliefs and caring about truth and virtue mattered more than wealth or reputation. The lesson reaches beyond a courtroom: what kind of person do we want to be, and what makes a life meaningful?
For Unshaken, that is an invitation to prepare honestly, protect what matters, and keep your dignity under pressure—not to copy Socrates’s defense or turn your hearing into a protest.
Read Plato’s Apology →A coach and a rehearsal room. Never a robot lawyer.
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For courts, legal aid and schools
Help shape future court and legal-aid pilots.
Planned collaboration with courts, legal aid, lawyers and classrooms. Assignment tools and completion reporting are not available on this website.
Explore planned partnershipsCourts
Fewer violation hearings and warrants.
Legal aid
Prepare more clients with the same staff.
Lawyers
Clients who arrive prepared.
Schools
Civics and mock trial, made playable.
Access and pricing
The website and waitlist are free. Practice-edition pricing and partner arrangements are not finalized.
Website & waitlist
Free
Read educational pages, follow official resource links, and join the email waitlist. No simulator or purchase is available here yet.
Practice editions
Pricing not finalized
Case-pass and all-access options are under consideration. No confirmed price, launch date, or payment commitment.
Partner-supported access
Proposed
The proposed model would support households at or below 125% of poverty through partner verification. It is not an active access program or eligibility decision.