Arbitrators judge disputes between two parties and based on all the evidence presented renders a final and binding decision.  This course is designed to give the applicant an opportunity to develop skills required to resolve issues using an "Alternative Dispute Resolution"  system and apply these skills in a courtroom setting within the community.

Applicants are not required to have a legal or law background to be appointed or commissioned as an Arbitrator.  Paralegals, legal assistants, administrative and human resources personnel, employees and employers will benefit from this course offering.

Virtually every dispute between two parties that may be litigated in a court of law may be mediated or arbitrated. Civil cases involving business, insurance, environment, family, securities, technology and international trade are common. Labor contracts or agreements between the employer and employee usually contain provisions requiring Arbitration and Mediation of all claims. 

ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION 

Three types of Arbitrators emerge:

Businesses throughout the United States have discovered five indisputable theories of success with ADR:

The parties of a dispute overwhelmingly prefer the ADR process to courtroom solutions due to the high cost, timeliness and in many cases the unpredictability of the final resolution.

Employers ordinarily pay the cost for an employee to become an Arbitrator or hire an Arbitrator and assign him/her to the administration or human resources section with collateral duties until such time they are needed to resolve a claim.  Arbitrators need not be gainfully employed by a business to resolve a civil dispute between the employee and employer.  The parties to a dispute may sign an agreement to engage any Arbitrator to listen to their case and render a final and binding decision.

HOW TO BECOME AN ARBITRATOR

1. Send a check or money order for $280.00.

2. Upon completion of the course, you will review the case file included with the study-guide and render a final decision.

3. Mail the case file and the Arbitrator’s final decision report form along with your request to take the final examination. The final test questions will be taken from the questions found in the study-guide. You must choose and submit the name and address of a neutral third person to administer the closed book examination. (This person may not be a relative)

4. Upon completion of the examination, the examination will be mailed back to our address and graded.

5. Upon passing the examination, you will receive a Commission as a California State Arbitrator.

6. You may be invited to join the Mediation-Arbitration register of associate members (no fee required).

Many state and federal courts are involved with mandatory and voluntary ADR programs that routinely divert cases to Arbitration, which can be settled without the need for litigation.

Today, ADR methods have achieved broad acceptance by America’s business, real estate, labor-management, and legal arenas. 

Every applicant shall be of high moral character.  The term “high moral character” includes elevated qualities of integrity, honesty, fairness, candor and trustworthiness.  Every applicant shall abide by the Canons of Judicial Conduct and judicial performance set forth.