On November 1 and 2, 2016, the Academy held the international symposium on trends in judicial reform. President Xavier Ronsin of the Rennes Court of Appeal, France, Director Jorg Kinzig of Institute of Criminology, Tubingen University, Germany, Justice Kwon Soon-il of Korea Supreme Court and Professor Shinomiya Satoru of Law School of Kokugakuin University, Japan were invited to talk about judicial reforms in France, Germany, Korea and Japan. More than 200 persons, including officials from Judicial Yuan and Ministry of Justice, judges and prosecutors from various districts, lawyers, professors and the trainees of the Academy, attended this successful symposium.