> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://help.jurisphere.ai/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://help.jurisphere.ai/jurisphere-guide/handbook/arbitration/overview.md).

# Overview

Arbitrations are best suited for Jurisphere. Fact-heavy disputes, pleadings and evidence running into thousands of pages, and all fitting into tight deadlines and high-stakes work. Workflows on Jurisphere are curated for this very rhythm of an arbitration: drafting the notice, structuring pleadings, dissecting the documentary record, and even preparing a Section 34 challenge when it comes. 

## The shape of the work

A typical arbitration runs from notice through pleadings, document production, evidence, hearings, and the award. 

* The intake-and-translation work comes first: regional-language exhibits, OCR, and a [Master List of Dates](https://jurisphere.gitbook.io/jurisphere-guide/list-of-dates/overview-of-the-list-of-dates-tool) for the broad chronology. 
* Arbitration-specific [Workflows](https://jurisphere.gitbook.io/jurisphere-guide/document-review/workflows-on-document-review) then carry the matter: 
  * generating synopses for the pleadings on record, 
  * surfacing requisition lists for document production, 
  * running consistency sweeps across witness statements and pleadings, and 
  * breaking down the arbitral award to identify grounds for challenge under Section 34.
* [Drafting on Document Review](https://jurisphere.gitbook.io/jurisphere-guide/drafting-on-document-review) carries the SOC, SOD, and Briefing notes when required..
* The [Word Add-In](https://jurisphere.gitbook.io/jurisphere-guide/word-add-in/overview-of-the-word-add-in) handles in-place drafting for shorter procedural correspondence.
* [Research](https://jurisphere.gitbook.io/jurisphere-guide/research/overview-of-the-research-tool) surfaces clause-construction and seat-specific jurisprudence with in-line citations.

Cross-examination instinct and closing-submissions advocacy stay with counsel.

## How the work moves

A mandate moves through the stages below. The detailed walkthrough — with the tools each stage uses and the call the lawyer still owns — is on the next page.

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Intake &#x26; Translation</strong></td><td>Upload exhibits to the Project; Auto-folderize sorts by category.</td><td><a href="/pages/1e56e8461c5afe38c309eb7e487baf844b634d11#intake-translation">/pages/1e56e8461c5afe38c309eb7e487baf844b634d11#intake-translation</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Master Chronology (early)</strong></td><td>Master List of Dates over the full document set.</td><td><a href="/pages/1e56e8461c5afe38c309eb7e487baf844b634d11#master-chronology-early">/pages/1e56e8461c5afe38c309eb7e487baf844b634d11#master-chronology-early</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Notice &#x26; Constitution</strong></td><td>Draft the notice of arbitration via the dedicated arbitration Workflow.</td><td><a href="/pages/1e56e8461c5afe38c309eb7e487baf844b634d11#notice-constitution">/pages/1e56e8461c5afe38c309eb7e487baf844b634d11#notice-constitution</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Pleadings</strong></td><td>Generate synopses for SOC, SOD, and Counterclaim via Workflows.</td><td><a href="/pages/1e56e8461c5afe38c309eb7e487baf844b634d11#pleadings">/pages/1e56e8461c5afe38c309eb7e487baf844b634d11#pleadings</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Document Production &#x26; Evidence</strong></td><td>Surface the requisition list (Redfern basis) via Workflows.</td><td><a href="/pages/1e56e8461c5afe38c309eb7e487baf844b634d11#document-production-evidence">/pages/1e56e8461c5afe38c309eb7e487baf844b634d11#document-production-evidence</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Focused Chronology (mature)</strong></td><td>Brief or Custom LOD targeted to the case theory and the institutional chronology format.</td><td><a href="/pages/1e56e8461c5afe38c309eb7e487baf844b634d11#focused-chronology-mature">/pages/1e56e8461c5afe38c309eb7e487baf844b634d11#focused-chronology-mature</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Hearings</strong></td><td>Pre-hearing consistency sweeps for cross-prep.</td><td><a href="/pages/1e56e8461c5afe38c309eb7e487baf844b634d11#hearings">/pages/1e56e8461c5afe38c309eb7e487baf844b634d11#hearings</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Award &#x26; Challenge</strong></td><td>Break down the arbitral award via Workflows to identify challenge grounds.</td><td><a href="/pages/1e56e8461c5afe38c309eb7e487baf844b634d11#award-challenge">/pages/1e56e8461c5afe38c309eb7e487baf844b634d11#award-challenge</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

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**The shape of the time saved.** Cross-examination is won by the advocate in the room. Jurisphere ensures the advocate walks in with every contradiction surfaced, every document a click away, and every authority traceable to source.
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