Live Webinar
June 9-13, 2025
11:00 am – 5:00 pm Eastern Time
Course registration: $3,000
*May 13 – 3:00- 5:00 pm: Online Orientation Meeting
*May 13 – June 6 Weekly Reading, Videos, & Discussion Board Assignments
This course is geared toward labor-management practitioners with substantial experience in labor relations (pursuant to collective bargaining) who wish to become labor arbitrators. The course can also enhance the practice and skills of current arbitrators.
Topics Include:
– The law of arbitration
– Arbitration practice, scheduling, and pre-hearing procedures
– Conducting the hearing, framing issues, and handling witnesses and records
– Evidence
– Award and opinion writing
– Ethics
– FMCS arbitration policies and procedures
– Building a practice
– The application process to the FMCS Roster of Arbitrators
Instructors: Arbitrators Kathryn VanDagens and Martin Malin
Course Prerequisites: A biography or resume is required Please submit a clear bio or resume reflecting your years of experience in the collective bargaining context, including the relevant positions, responsibilities, and time periods to fmcs_institute@fmcs.gov. After submission, you should receive an acceptance letter for admission to this course.
Please note: Successful completion of this course is an acceptable substitute for four of the five minimum number of cases required to be placed on the FMCS Arbitrator Roster. Additionally, applicants who have completed BALA can participate as an “apprentice” to an NAA member arbitrator in two arbitrations (three without a successful mock award in BALA training taken on or after June 2019) instead of completing an award in their own arbitration. Successful completion of this course does not, however, guarantee selection for the FMCS Roster.
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