Eligibility - the threshold criteria

To be eligible to apply for Chartered Arbitrator status, an applicant must be an existing Ciarb Fellow and have:

• Completed a minimum of fifteen (15) difficult and complex cases as an arbitrator in the last ten (10) years*; and
• Managed at least three (3) hearings as an arbitrator in the capacity as sole arbitrator or chair**; and
• Made a significant contribution to the field of arbitration and /or the standing or arbitrators, Ciarb and its members.***

* A completed arbitration is defined as one that resulted in a reasoned award on some or all of the merits of the dispute. Difficulty and complexity are relative concepts and will be a matter for the Chartered Selection Group (CSG) to decide.

** Exceptions to the requirement for hearing experience may be made at the discretion of the CSG for those with practices that are solely document-only, as long as the complexity and difficulty of the cases listed can be explained and demonstrated to meet the standards of excellence required.

*** Contribution to the development of arbitration or the work of Ciarb include research, writing and lecturing; voluntary service to Headquarters and to the Branches; and promoting the use and benefits of arbitration, including contributing to legislative reform that is designed to increase or improve the use of arbitration; and supporting others to progress (for example by mentoring or providing shadowing opportunities). It needs to be understood that these criteria alone would not suffice to qualify a candidate to be awarded C.Arb status.