On 20 May 2017 over a 1000 lawyers and judges gathered in Katowice in Poland for a congress to discuss the reform of the judiciary and the state of the rule of law in Poland. The congress was organised by the Association of Polish Judges "Iustitia", the Supreme Bar Council and the National Council of Legal Advisers. The President of the ENCJ Ms Nuria Diaz Abad addressed the audience and explained ENCJ's position in relation to the planned judicial reform in Poland.