How to get in, and up.

If you are starting out, this is where you begin. Do the Introduction course, pass its short assessment, and you are an Associate. Quick to get, cheap, and it puts you on the ladder.

The step up from Associate, and what most people aim for first. If you already work in arbitration, the Accelerated Route is the fast way in: it tests what you know rather than teaching you from scratch.

The senior grade, and the one parties look for when they choose an arbitrator. There is more than one way in, so pick the route that fits where you already are.

The full, taught route to Fellowship, for people who want to learn this properly. Ten days at Oxford each September, or the same course online.

If you want to mediate civil and commercial disputes in the UK, this is the training people respect most. Five intensive days with the assessment built in, so you finish accredited.

The UK register that tells clients you are a properly regulated mediator. You train, build up real mediation hours, then register and climb the grades.

Less a course than a stamp that travels. If you want to mediate across borders, IMI certification says you meet a standard other countries recognise.

If your background is surveying or construction, this is your way onto the panels that hand out appointments, as an arbitrator, adjudicator or expert.

The qualification that lets you earn as a construction adjudicator. A proper distance-learning diploma over eighteen months, not a weekend course.

The taught modules behind the membership grades. After the Introduction, you pick a discipline and work up through it at your own pace.

The best way in when you are starting out: do the careful work on a real tribunal and learn how an arbitration actually runs. Begin with the standard guide, then get trained.

Online certificates from the ICC, handy for filling gaps in international arbitration or trade finance without taking time off.

Workshops and tribunal-secretary training straight from two of Asia's busiest institutions. Good if you want to see how cases really run.

Not a qualification, but the tools you will actually work from. Research awards and commentary seriously and you will end up on one of these.

One of the strongest dispute-resolution master's around, and the programme this site grew out of. A serious academic foundation and a direct line into London arbitration.

The longest-running construction law master's, taught in short intensive blocks so you can keep working. The natural academic home if adjudication is your direction.

A specialist one-year master's in Geneva, focused on investment and commercial dispute settlement. Small, intense, and very well connected.

A long-established US programme in mediation, arbitration and negotiation. The one to look at if your future is in the US market.

Short executive courses in negotiation and mediation, no degree required. Top-tier training without signing up for years.

The global network for people under forty starting out in arbitration. Free, welcoming, and genuinely useful for mentoring and skills.

The ICC's young practitioners' network: events and mock arbitrations under a name that carries weight, open to under-forties.

The LCIA's young group, and one of the easiest ways into the London arbitration scene. Free to join.

Singapore's young practitioners' group, run by SIAC. Worth it if you have an eye on the Asian market, which is growing fast.

Ciarb's group for younger members, included once you have joined. Events and peers alongside the qualification route you are already on.

An international network of women in dispute resolution, with a directory, events and speaking opportunities. Under forty, you join the younger group automatically.

The internationally recognised commercial mediation course, widely treated as the gold standard for mediator accreditation. It runs in London and virtually through the year.

Advanced training for experienced mediators handling complex, cross-border disputes, for those already past the skills-training stage.

Focused training on mediating workplace and employment disputes, useful for HR, in-house teams and practitioners building a workplace-mediation practice.

The entry-level CIArb course covering arbitration, mediation and adjudication, taken on demand and the usual first step toward Associate membership.

An on-demand webinar working through what the Arbitration Act 2025 changes in practice, led by Duncan Speller. Useful if you want to get current on the reformed English regime quickly.

A six-part on-demand series by Duncan Speller covering the core of international arbitration end to end, a solid structured grounding rather than a single talk.

A practical session on the procedural, cultural and logistical challenges of cross-examination in international arbitration, led by Gunjan Sharma.

A short on-demand briefing on where investment treaty arbitration is heading, led by Hussein Haeri KC.

An on-demand session on arbitrating IP disputes, led by Gary Born and Rachael Kent, two leading figures in the field.

A practitioner session on the law and practice of arbitrating M&A disputes, led by Donny Surtani.

An on-demand walkthrough of emergency arbitrator procedure and what it takes to run one, led by Duncan Speller.

A drafting-focused session on getting arbitration agreements right and avoiding the usual traps, led by Duncan Speller.

A long-running free online gathering of the mediation community, hosted by ArbDB Chambers roughly every two months, with a guest speaker and open discussion. Attendance counts toward CMC continuing professional development.