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ADR Academy | Professional CertificationLegal, compliance & public accountability
Legal & Compliance Certification Pathways
Career-focused education for legal support, EEO, investigations, oversight, appropriations, mediation, compliance, and dispute-resolution professionals.
✓Federal + private-sector pathways
✓Direct individual course enrollment
✓Instructor-guided and self-paced formats
✓Group and customized delivery available
Applied professional development
Build defensible legal and compliance capability
Programs combine applied knowledge, professional standards, scenario-based practice, research, writing, ethics, and job-relevant tools. Each activated course identifies its audience, delivery format, requirements, and certificate award.
Apply professional methods
Practice research, writing, investigation, analysis, mediation, and documentation techniques.
Complete required work
Finish assigned learning activities, demonstrations, assessments, and instructor-reviewed work.
Document achievement
Earn the certificate or completion record identified on the individual course page.
Choose a pathway
Certification programs
Individuals enroll from the specific course page shown below. Programs awaiting final course mapping do not route to a general registration form.
EEO • 32 hours
New EEO Investigator Certificate Program — MD-110
Live virtual, live in person, or self-paced instructor-guided
$1,000
EEO • 32 hours
New EEO Counselor Certificate Program
Live virtual, live in person, or instructor-guided
$1,000
Mediation • 24 hours
Qualified EEO Neutral — Federal Sector Mediation Program
Live virtual, live in person, or self-paced instructor-guided
$850
Legal practice
Legal Research & Writing Certificate
40-hour interactive online and instructor-supported certificate
$1,495
Paralegal career
Paralegal Certificate Program — Paralegal Today, 9th Edition
Cengage-supported, self-paced with instructor support
$3,000
Inspector General • 16 hours
IG & Oversight Foundations Certificate Program
Interactive online and instructor-supported oversight foundation
$1,195
Appropriations • Level 3
Advanced Federal Appropriations Law — Level 3 Fund Control (Instructor-Guided)
Instructor-guided
$2,495
Appropriations • Level 3
Advanced Federal Appropriations Law — Level 3 Fund Control (Self-Paced)
Interactive self-paced
$1,295
Appropriations • Level 1
Federal Appropriations Law — Level 1 Foundation (Instructor-Guided)
Instructor-guided
$1,495
Appropriations • Level 1
Federal Appropriations Law — Level 1 Foundation (Self-Paced)
Interactive self-paced
$795
Appropriations • Level 2
Federal Appropriations Law — Level 2 Practitioner (Instructor-Guided)
Instructor-guided
$1,995
Appropriations • Level 2
Federal Appropriations Law — Level 2 Practitioner (Self-Paced)
Interactive self-paced
$995
Program coverage
Inspector General program areas
- IG foundations, authorities, and independence
- Investigations and interviewing
- Inspections and evaluations
- Whistleblower protection and ethics
- Fraud, waste, abuse, and referrals
- Evidence, findings, and report writing
- Procurement, grants, and program oversight
- IG leadership and oversight management
Correct registration path
Individual enrollment and organizational training
Individual students
Select the specific program and use its course page to review details and enroll directly. Individual students are not routed through a general request form.
Choose an individual courseAgencies, employers, and private groups
Use the consultation request for private cohorts, volume enrollment, onsite delivery, customized programs, or specialized training requirements.
Request group or customized training