The Arbitration Law of ROC Article 8

Any person qualified to act as an arbitrator under this Law shall receive training and obtain a certificate before registering as an arbitrator with arbitration institutions, except under the following circumstances:1.Has served as a judge or prosecutor.2.Has practiced as a lawyer for more than three years.3.Has served as a full-time professor for two years or associate professor for three years at a domestic or foreign institution of higher education recognized by the Ministry of Education, and has taught major legal courses for more than three years.4.Was registered as an arbitrator prior to the effectiveness of amendment of this Law and has actually participated in arbitration proceedings.The calculation of teaching experience and the scope of major legal courses under Subparagraph 3 of the preceding paragraph shall be jointly determined by the Ministry of Justice and relevant authorities.Arbitrators who have not applied for registration pursuant to the first paragraph shall still be subject to the training requirements of this Law.Registered arbitrators shall participate in regular annual lectures held by the arbitration institution; the arbitration institution may cancel the registration of an arbitrator who fails to participate in such lectures on schedule.Regulation governing arbitrator’s training and lecture shall be jointly stipulated by the Executive Yuan and the Judicial Yuan.