Columbus School of Law
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The Columbus School of Law is the law school of The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1897. Today the school is home to hundreds of students from across the nation and from all walks of life. Its name comes from ties to The Knights of Columbus. Its location in the Nation's Capital provides students with academic and career advantages.
Professor Veryl Miles was elevated to dean of the law school in August 2005.
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[edit] Campus
The Columbus School Law remains close to its roots in the Roman Catholic Church. The campus features a chapel with masses held twice daily. In 1994 the law school opened a state-of-the art 170,000 square foot facility to house its program. The new building includes the Kathryn J. DuFour Law Library.
Incoming classes are typically composed of three hundred students. Around 3,500 students apply annually.
[edit] Alumni
Graduates include several judicial, academic, and political figures, including U.S. Senator Tom Harkin of Iowa, U.S. Representative Rick Renzi of Arizona, Pennsylvania Treasurer and U.S. senatorial candidate, Robert Patrick Casey, Jr., Peggy A. Quince of the Florida Supreme Court, Commissioner Kathleen Abernathy of the Federal Communications Commission, Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, judge for the United States District Court for the District of Columbia and the presiding judge of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) and Chief Judge Edward Damich of the United States Court of Federal Claims.
[edit] Academics & Student Activities
The Columbus School of Law has several law journals, including the Catholic University Law Review, the Journal of Contemporary Health Law and Policy and CommLaw Conspectus. The school also has a very active moot court program, with teams practicing in international law, communications law, securities law, and trial competition. There are more than forty active student organizations on campus.
CUA Law also boasts of many specialized institutes and special prgrams, including: Law and Public Policy Program, Institute for Communications Law Studies, Comparative and International Law Institute, Securities and Corporate Law Program, Interdisciplinary Program in Law and Religion and the Center for Law, Philosophy and Culture.[1]
The school also enjoys an exchange program with Jagiellonian University in Cracow, Poland.
