Membership of the LCIA Users' Councils The LCIA's dispute resolution services are available to all contracting parties, without any membership requirements. In addition to these services, the LCIA has a general membership of circa 2300 members (from 100 countries), for which it organises a worldwide programme of conferences, seminars and other events of interest to the arbitration and ADR community. This general membership is organised into Users’ Councils, which have been established to provide and maintain its worldwide services and to meet the developing needs of the business community. The LCIA membership is comprised of the following Users’ Councils: African Arab Asia Pacific European Latin American & Caribbean North American Each Council has its own officers who liaise with the LCIA to devise a programme of activity appropriate to the needs of their respective regions. Members may choose which Users’ Council they wish to join. All members receive advance notice of all events organised by the LCIA, irrespective of the Users’ Council they have joined. Membership of the LCIA Users’ Councils is open to any person or body of good standing with a bona fide interest in international commercial arbitration or ADR, including lawyers, arbitrators, mediators, experts, academics, business persons, law firms and commercial and trading organisations.
