Constitution and by-laws of the National Academy of Arbitrators

The committee was established in 1973 and presented its recommendations to a membership meeting in April 1975. Following this membership discussion, some changes were made in the committee’s report, summarized…

Statistics about Academy membership and caseload in 1957.

The participants urge the Academy to be less a club and more an influential professional organization. The encourage the enforcement of professional standards and the filing of amicus briefs, and…

A discussion of what is good and right with arbitrators, the process of arbitration, and the functioning of the Academy.

Because the history of the National Academy is important to understanding the arbitration profession, and because the Academy’s annual proceedings continue to have a significant bearing on the arbitration process,…

The author died while in office as NAA President. This chapter is drawn from two commentaries published in The Chronicle. The first is a somewhat skeptical view of something new…

A witty, engaging and constructive article addresses Academy members directly, stating, “This is no time for smugness” and that, in the Academy, “There are manifestations of an Elect mentality.” The…

A resolution offered to the Board of Governors to create a Standing Committee, to be called the Committee on the Development of Arbitrators, the functions of which include (1) cooperation…

The author describes the Academy as a progenitor of arbitration as a profession. He asserts, however, that “both the arbitration process and the National Academy are in a time of…