This course will cover the nuts and bolts of international commercial arbitration.  Participants will learn the basics:

- to negotiating a contract and want to include an arbitration clause;

- to serve as expert or fact witness in an arbitral proceeding; or

- to evaluate the consequences of a breach of a contract if the matter goes to arbitration;

Please note that this is only a first approach to International Arbitration. If after taking this short introductory course you decide to explore international arbitration more in-depth, please contact arbitration@wcl.american.edu for additional training and courses.

Course Modality: On-demand, Asynchronous

Policies and Processes

Refunds:

The following is the refund policy for this Washington College of Law course registered through our Professional and Lifelong Learning Portal (https://american.catalog.instructure.com/).

Participants registered for in-person and/or synchronous courses will be eligible for a refund if the course is dropped and a refund is requested one business day prior to the program start. In case a refund is requested, the net funds returned will be the tuition minus 4%.

Learners registered for on-demand courses without a start date will be eligible for a refund if the course is dropped and a refund is requested within 24 hours of registration and when there is no record of page views or participation in the Canvas Platform.

Refund requests will be denied if requested later than one day before an in-person and or synchronous course’s start date, 24 hours after registration in the case of on-demand courses without a start date, or when there is a record of page views or participation in the canvas Platform for an on-demand course.

Payments and fees:

For payments with credit cards, debit cards or bank accounts, the tuition cost includes a non-refundable 4% administrative fee. In case an eligible refund is requested, the net funds returned will be the tuition minus 4%. 

Notice about AU Non-Credit Courses:

Non-credit courses are not recorded in American University transcripts. No credit is earned from these courses and grades are not posted. Learners enrolled in Non-Credit courses will not receive an AU ID or have access to services and or facilities reserved for AU students. Access to the AU library system will be available to all members of the greater Washington DC area through visitor services. See the link for more information https://www.american.edu/library/services/visitors.cfm

Questions about this course:

Please contact Susana Castiglione at

arbitration@wcl.american.edu

1-202-460-6652