THE INSTITUTE OF ARBITRATORS & MEDIATORS AUSTRALIA
The Institute of Arbitrators & Mediators Australia (IAMA) is the nation’s largest, independent and most experienced alternative dispute resolution (ADR) organisation. Founded in 1975, membership comprises some of Australia’s eminent and experienced ADR professionals drawn from a diverse range of sectors including commercial, legal, education and government.
With offices in all states and territories, it also plays a key role in industry and consumer schemes. The IAMA provides services in all forms of ADR including arbitration, mediation, adjudication, conciliation, and expert determination, and is involved in the professional development, training and accreditation of ADR across Australia and internationally.
Request for Nomination of a Dispute Resolver
The Institute of Arbitrators & Mediators Australia has a panel of skilled and experienced dispute resolvers covering many commercial areas and professional disciplines. The specialist areas include construction and engineering, law, finance, accounting, information technology, health services, and local government and many others. Parties are able to select their dispute resolver from the Institute's panel of ADR professionals, or the Institute will nominate a suitable person on request. The Institute can also assist parties in designing or setting up an appropriate ADR procedure for particular applications. The Institute has available recommended rules and standard contract clauses for facilitating dispute resolution.
Download Request for Nomination of a Dispute Resolver (PDF 154kb)
The Professional Certificate in Arbitration
Arbitration has had a long history in Australia as a preferred method for resolving commercial disputes. When IAMA was founded in 1975 as the Institute of Arbitrators Australia, it was at the forefront of the development, training and practice of arbitration. The Professional Certificate in Arbitration is a joint venture between the Institute of Arbitrators & Mediators Australia and the University of Adelaide. This national course is an Australian first and has suitably qualified students who have become successful graded arbitrators in their fields of professional expertise since its commencement in 1998. In 2004 the course was nominated in the B-HERT (Business/Higher Education Round Table) Awards, an Australian Government/AusIndustry initiative which recognises Outstanding Achievements in Collaboration in Research & Development and Education & Training.
Offered as an online course it attracts a tertiary qualification upon successful completion. Face to face classes are held in Australian capital cities where there is sufficient student demand.. Download the course information document (Acrobat format, PDF 361K) and visit the course website for more information
National arbitration course to meet market need - The Adelaidean, 30 March 1998 (PDF)
The Practitioner's Certificate in Mediation
With mediation being adopted widely across the commercial, legal and government sectors, an understanding of the practical application of mediation techniques is an important and useful professional skill, where the voluntary settlement of disputes using ADR is encouraged.
The Practitioner’s Certificate in Mediation course is designed to equip busy professionals across a wide range of disciplines with a practice-oriented qualification in mediation. It is a 5-day interactive workshop combining theory and practice with one-on-one coaching by leading and experienced mediation trainers and coaches. On successful completion of the course and on joining the Institute, participants are eligible to apply for accreditation as mediator with the Institute. Course Brochure (Acrobat, 375K)
The power of mediation: The Hon Tony Fitzgerald AC QC launches IAMA Course handbook Read more (PDF)
Diary of The Practitioner's Certificate in Mediation: Martin Jones, Group Manager - Employee Relations Strategy, Fairfax Media Read more (PDF)
The course dates for 2008 are as follows:
Melbourne 20 - 22 & 26 - 27 August and 12 - 14 & 18 - 19 November
Sydney 28-30 March & 5-6 April
Brisbane 15 - 17 & 20 - 21 October
Adelaide 23 - 25 June and 30 June - 1 July
Canberra 21 - 23 & 29 - 30 May and 19 - 21 November & 4 - 5 December
Perth 20 - 22 August and 28 August - 2 September
For further information and registration details contact your State & Territory Chapter Office here.
The New Australian National Mediator Standards
IAMA has taken a strongly supportive and active role throughout the development of an independent, voluntary scheme within which mediators can seek national accreditation under a set of new approval and practice standards. As their name suggests, the new National Mediator Standards have national application and became effective on 1 January 2008. The effectiveness of the National Mediator Accreditation Scheme will depend on the participation of agencies that carry the status of being a Recognised Mediator Accreditation Body (RMAB). Read more.
Latest News
Leading information provider publishes IAMA Fast Track Arbitration Rules
Informa plc, the leading provider of specialist information to the global academic & scientific, professional and commercial communities has published The Arbitration Law Handbook. Editors Ben Horn and Roger Hopkins have collected together for the first time in one volume the laws in force in more than 20 countries, including Australia, and the main procedural rules used in each of those countries, including the IAMA Fast Track Arbitration Rules. An indispensable reference book for practitioners and students, it is available to members at a special discount. To place your order, click here.
IAMA National Conference 11 -13 April 2008 | ADR: The Boom and Beyond
Australia is at the epicentre of an international commodity boom, fuelled by the demands of a global market and buoyant world trade. The exponential increase in growth of Australia’s social and economic infrastructure has brought change. Change inevitably brings challenges resulting in disputes which need timely and cost effective resolution. The 2008 conference will focus on the ability of ADR to meet these challenges and how ADR professionals can best meet the needs of the consumers of alternative dispute resolution services in this boom environment. Read more: www.iama2008.org
The Arbitrator & Mediator Volume 27 Number 1 April 2008 (PDF)
This issue has a broad scope. We consdier arbitration in some articles, mediation in others, adjudication in one; and we also consider dispute resolution generally. Nor is the scope confined only to Australia. Several of the articles consdier the international context of the discussion, or reacquaint us with international conventions, or compare and contrast the position in Australia with the position in another jurisdiction. - Russell Thirgood, Editor
The IAMA News (PDF, 9 Mb)
" ... You may have read the article on arbitration by Marcus Priest in The Australian Financial Review (13 October 2006) in which he referred to the measures that IAMA was proposing to adopt. To promote the credentials of arbitration as a truly effective means of determinative alternative dispute resolution after facilitated procedures have failed to resolve disputes, we need to take every opportunity to publicise our efforts to the community at large ..." - Laurie James, IAMA President
