concerning judicial system of South Korea. It also has function for educating public on elementary issues on function of ordinary courts. Research fellows and Researchers at the Institute are recruited mainly from lower ordinary courts Judges, yet significant number of Researchers are recruited from outside of ordinary courts usually with PhD degrees, by article 76-4 of the Act. The JPRI is currently located in Goyang, Gyeonggi. Building The Supreme Court was located in Seosomun-dong of Jung-gu, Seoul until year 1995. Currently, it is located in Seocho, Seoul. The Supreme Court building in Seocho has 16 floors and two underground floors with total space around 66,500 square meters. This large size building was necessary to hold the Supreme Court, National Court Administration and law library all together. Main Center of the building is mainly used by the Supreme Court, while east Wing is maily used by National Court Administration. Other Wing is used by law library. At the center entrance of the building, three Korean words are engraved; meaning freedom, meaning equality, and meaning Justice. The Supreme Court usually does not hold open hearing session, though sessions for verdicts are regularly held on the second and last Thursday of a month. Jurisdiction Empowered by article 101(2) and 110(2) of the Constitution, the Supreme Court has comprehensive final appellate jurisdiction over all ordinary courts and military courts cases. It can also exercise power of judicial review on sub-statutory level as other ordinary courts according to article 107(2) of the Constitution. It is notable that some of cases are handled only in the Supreme Court as single-tiered trial without possibility of appeal. This kind of single-tiered trial cases include dispute on election of President of South Korea, National Assembly members, and Provincial-level local governors and local parliament members according to article 222 and 223 of the Public Official Election Act. Another example of single-tiered trial case at the Supreme Court is case on discipline of Judge's misconduct, under article 27(2) of the Discipline Of Judges Act. Procedure By article 7(1) of the Court Organization Act, the Supreme Court handles final appellate cases in two different phases. One is 'Petty Bench' which is a small panel inside the Court presided by most senior Justice inside the Petty Bench, and the other is 'Grand Bench' which is an en banc of the Court which is always presided by the Chief Justice. Petty Bench and Grand