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FINRA Online Learning Courses - Advanced Arbitrator Training

The following courses require registration at FINRA's Learning Management System. Once you are logged in, go to the Learning Catalog and select the course you wish to take. It will be added to the My Plan page.

After you register for a course, you will be able to immediately access it. If you have any questions, please email us or call (800) 321-6273.

Course Descriptions

  • Civility in Arbitration: This voluntary, online course presents scenarios that demonstrate how arbitrators should maintain civility during an arbitration hearing. Specifically, the course helps arbitrators evaluate their obligations before and during service on a case, and set a proper tone for conducting fair and efficient hearings. There is an online assessment at the end of the course, which must be completed to receive credit. The course takes approximately one hour to complete.
     
  • Chairperson Training: This course instructs arbitrators on the added responsibilities of arbitrators assuming the important role of Chairperson. There is an online assessment at the end of the course and a passing grade of 80 percent or greater is required to pass the course. The course takes approximately six hours to complete.
     
  • Your Duty to Disclose: This voluntary, online course focuses on arbitrators' obligations to disclose information to FINRA, parties and co-arbitrators. The course describes FINRA's disclosure requirements, explains the necessity for complete disclosure and its importance to the neutrality of the process, instructs arbitrators on how to correctly make a disclosure and reinforces the need for arbitrators to meet their continuing disclosure obligations. There is an online assessment at the end of the course, which must be completed to receive credit. The course takes approximately one hour to complete.
     
  • Discovery, Abuses and Sanctions: This voluntary, online course focuses on the respective duties of arbitrators and parties in the discovery process. The course explains the Discovery Guide; discusses the need for orders of confidentiality; helps arbitrators recognize and address discovery abuses; and reviews possible sanctions if they become necessary. There is an online assessment at the end of the course, which must be completed to receive credit. The course takes approximately one hour to complete.
     
  • Understanding the Prehearing Stage: Initial Prehearing Conference: This voluntary, online course helps arbitrators manage the Initial Prehearing Conference. The course also assists arbitrators in organizing the Conference, keeping the parties focused on the tasks at hand-of which scheduling hearing dates is primary, and providing practical guidance on other preliminary issues that may arise during the Conference. There is an online assessment at the end of the course, which must be completed to receive credit. The course takes approximately one hour to complete.