Pathways to CIArb Membership

The main focus of the CIArb relates to education and training and seeking to set assured global standards with the longer term aim of promoting confidence amongst parties who utilise arbitration and ADR by ensuring that the practitioners trained by it have the necessary skills and expertise in helping to resolve their dispute.   For arbitrators, there are three levels of members: Associates are entitled to use the designation "ACIArb" after their names; Members, who have demonstrated a higher professional level of knowledge in relation to arbitration, and are entitled to use the designation "MCIArb" after their names; Fellows, who have been assessed by the CIArb as having undergone the requisite training and having the necessary experience to serve as professional arbitrators. Fellows are entitled to use the designation "FCIArb" after their names, and after undergoing a further interview, may also attain the rank of "Chartered Arbitrators", a status introduced in 1999 and intended to act as a "gold standard" for practitioners. The CIArb also has similar levels of recognition and members for mediators, although these have not obtained the same level of international recognition, and the Nigerian Branch has yet to start offering courses in mediation.

Click here for an online guide to achieving the CIArb qualifications.