---
title: "Map a tiered dispute clause and diarise each step before arbitration"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/arbitration-and-alternative-dispute-resolution/map-a-tiered-dispute-resolution-clause-and-diarise-each-step-before-arbi/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A6-E20261018-4-US"
practice_area: "Arbitration & Alternative Dispute Resolution"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Map a tiered dispute clause and diarise each step before arbitration

> List each step the clause requires before a notice of arbitration, in the clause’s order, with the number of days the clause states and the date that day falls due from the notice in the file. Do not draft a notice.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/practice/arbitration-and-alternative-dispute-resolution/map-a-tiered-dispute-resolution-clause-and-diarise-each-step-before-arbi/united-states  
Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Arbitration & Alternative Dispute Resolution](https://ailawframework.com/practice/arbitration-and-alternative-dispute-resolution.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | List each step the clause requires before a notice of arbitration, in the clause’s order, with the number of days the clause states and the date that day falls due from the notice in the file. Do not draft a notice. |
| What the lawyer must review | 9 U.S.C. § 2 makes a written arbitration agreement valid, irrevocable, and enforceable, save upon grounds that exist at law or in equity for the revocation of any contract, or as chapter 4 provides. The pre-arbitration steps are the words of that agreement. The lawyer decides whether a step is a condition of arbitrating and writes any notice. Formal Opinion 512: the tool does not invent a cooling-off period the clause does not state. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Map a tiered dispute resolution clause and diarise each step before arbitration](https://ailawframework.com/practice/arbitration-and-alternative-dispute-resolution/map-a-tiered-dispute-resolution-clause-and-diarise-each-step-before-arbi.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: List each step the clause requires before a notice of arbitration, in the clause’s order, with the number of days the clause states and the date that day falls due from the notice in the file. Do not draft a notice.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- There is no federal code of mandatory mediation or negotiation days. Use only the numbers in the clause.
- A court stay, if a case is already filed, is 9 U.S.C. § 3 and is a separate paper the lawyer writes.

## Sources

- [9 U.S.C. § 2, validity of arbitration agreements](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/9/2) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [ABA Formal Opinion 512, Generative Artificial Intelligence Tools (29 July 2024)](https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/professional_responsibility/ethics-opinions/aba-formal-opinion-512.pdf) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [ABA Model Rule 1.1, Competence](https://www.americanbar.org/groups/professional_responsibility/publications/model_rules_of_professional_conduct/rule_1_1_competence/) (checked 2026-10-22)

## Forms and precedents for this task

| Form or precedent | Kind | AI level | Summary |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Arbitration preliminary-hearing agenda](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/arbitration-and-alternative-dispute-resolution/us-arbitration-preliminary-hearing-agenda.md) | Checklist | Yellow | Agenda of topics to take to the first procedural hearing in a commercial arbitration, built from the issues a federal court would cover under Rules 16 and 26(f).… |

Signed-in accounts can read the full text of each one.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*