Objectives
The Graduate Certificate in International Arbitration & Dispute Resolution (GCIADR) is aimed at graduates with a law degree, who are seeking to upgrade their skills and knowledge as in-house counsel, lawyers, arbitrators and legal service officers engaged in the practice of arbitration and dispute resolution.This programme offers a wide selection of regular and intensive courses taught in Singapore by our own faculty members as well as visiting professors, who are top arbitrators and academics from around the world. It is conducted on a part-time basis and legal professionals have the flexibility to read a minimum of one 4½-day super-intensive, one 3-week intensive course or one regular 13-week course at 4 or 5 Units per semester.Candidates who have not read and passed a general course in arbitration at NUS or its equivalent in a common law jurisdiction are required to read International Commercial Arbitration as the first course they take in the GCIADR. Candidates who have read and passed this course at NUS or their equivalent in a common law jurisdiction may apply for exemption. Candidates who can show that they have practised for a number of years in the field of International Commercial Arbitration and that they have sufficient knowledge of International Commercial Arbitration may also apply for exemption.