Litigants who choose to represent themselves (called "pro-se") in an arbitration case will need to prepare the appropriate complaint themselves or consult with. Cutting against Plaintiffs' arguments, the Illinois Supreme Court has enforced arbitration clauses presented in a similar manner as the one at issue here.("Village" or "Lansing") and the Illinois Fraternal Order of Police Labor Council. All civil actions, except confession of judgement on promissory notes, are subject to mandatory arbitration if each claim is exclusively for money damages. Some disputes are definitely better suited to litigation in a court of competent jurisdiction than arbitration. The parties cast this case as one about arbitral immunity, which is the ground on which the district court dismissed the complaint. Arbitration is a mandatory but non-binding informal hearing where a neutral arbitrator, or panel of arbitrators, is selected to hear the evidence in your case.