Chapter 5 - § 5.13 • DRAFTING THE ARBITRATION AGREEMENT

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§ 5.13 • DRAFTING THE ARBITRATION AGREEMENT

There are numerous references and samples of possible provisions for an arbitration agreement; one of the best is found at the American Arbitration Association website, www.adr.org. Sample provisions are provided. In addition, JAG (Judicial Arbiter Group) and JAMS offer sample arbitration agreements. See § 5.3 for types of clauses that the practitioner may want to include.

§ 5.13.1—AAA Form Provisions

Referring to the AAA sample provisions, this author suggests simply using the basic clause, unless any arbitration that might result will be extremely complex and involve huge...