*To apply, you must first create or log into your MyCiarb account.
Benefits
Signify your professional credibility by displaying the MCIArb postnominal.
Grow your practice with confidence. Access a range of resources, including our library of technical guidelines that support day-to-day work in dispute resolution.
Promote your skills and experience through your entry on Ciarb’s online Member Directory.
Stay informed on the latest industry and Ciarb developments through:
- eSolver: your monthly newsletter.
- Resolver: your quarterly online magazine.
- Arbitration: The Journal of International Arbitration, Mediation and Dispute Management - Ciarb’s peer-reviewed academic journal.
- Articles on the Ciarb website.
Network and connect with other members through Ciarb’s global and local events and network of over 40 Branches.
Demonstrate your commitment to the highest professional standards and ethics in alternative dispute resolution (ADR) by adhering to the Ciarb Code of Professional and Ethical Conduct.
Be heard by sharing your views through participating in Ciarb’s responses to consultations.
Requirements
Choose one of the following routes to become a Member:
- The Ciarb assessment route: Successfully complete one of our Member grade assessments.
- The RCP route: Submit evidence that you have successfully completed an accredited course with one of our Recognised Course Providers (RCP).*
- The experience route: Provide evidence of a minimum of five (5) years of professional experience and involvement in at least five (5) alternative dispute resolution cases (either arbitration, mediation, or construction adjudication) as a party representative in a lead or sole capacity.
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When you apply through the experience route, please submit the following:
- Your latest Curriculum Vitae (CV).
- Your Schedule of Appointments for the last five (5) years with details of at least five (5) arbitration, mediation or construction adjudication cases as a party representative in a lead or sole capacity.
- A copy of two (2) reference letters from one arbitrator, mediator or adjudicator who has first-hand experience of you as a party representative in an arbitration, mediation or construction adjudication case in the last five (5) years. Your referee should be from any of the five (5) cases listed in your Schedule of Appointments.
Annual membership fee
Member grade membership fees differ depending on your country of residence, and the month in which you join us (fees are pro-rata on a monthly basis).
*Candidates who complete courses with Ciarb or with one of Ciarb’s RCPs, should apply for membership within two years of completion.