The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law Motto Deus Lux Mea Est - God Is My Light Established 1897 Type Private Endowment US$191893 Dean Veryl V. Miles Staff 120 Students 950 Location Washington D.C. USA Campus Urban Website law.edu
The Columbus School of Law is the law school of The Catholic University of America in Washington D.C. It was established in 1897. Its name comes from ties to The Knights of Columbus. The law school was ranked 88th in the US News & World Report's annual "Best Graduate Schools" edition for 20081 and is consistently ranked within the nation's top 100 law schools. Professor Veryl Miles was elevated to dean of the law school in August 2005. The school enjoys an exclusive exchange program with Jagiellonian University in Krakw Poland 2.
The Columbus School of Law is home to a number of highly regarded institutes and special programs including the Securities Law Program the Institute for Communications Law Studies the Comparative and International Law Institute the Interdisciplinary Program

on Law and Religion and the Law and Public Policy Program.
Its pioneering externship program has served as a model for many law schools across the nation. Columbus School of Law faculty members wrote the first and only textbook on externships in use today.
The law school's legal clinic Columbus Community Legal Services is consistently ranked among the top dozen in the nation.
On September 13 2005 King Abdullah II of Jordan delivered an address at the Columbus School of Law "Traditional Islam: The Path to Peace an event that was picked up by the media worldwide. Contents 1 Campus 2 Curriculum 3 Alumni 4 Academics & student activities 5 Career placement 6 Notable faculty 7 External links 8 References // Campus
The Columbus School of Law remains close to its roots in the Roman Catholic Church. The campus features a chapel with masses held daily. In 1994 the law school opened a state-of-the art 170000-square-foot (16000 m2) facility to house its program. The new building includes the Kathryn J. DuFour Law Library the Walter A. Slowinski an

d Haislip and Yewell Courtrooms and the three-story Keelty Atrium.
Incoming classes are typically composed of two to three hundred students including day and night programs. Around 3500 students apply annually. Curriculum
Catholic University's J.D. program can be completed over three years of full-time day study or four years of part-time evening study.
The school offers LL.M programs in Banking and Commercial Law Communications Law Securities Law Trusts and Estates Comparative and International Law and Jurisprudence.3
The school also offers an exclusive LL.M program in American law with Jagiellonian University in Krakow Poland (Faculty of Law and Administration). It allows Jagiellonian law students and students enrolled in the CUA-JU LL.M. program to study the essential substantive and procedural elements of the legal system of the United States.
In addition to its J.D. program Catholic University offers six institutes for specialized study. The program is designed to give students the opportunity to pursue a specified concentration of courses. E

ach institute accepts approximately 15 students each academic year. The institutes include: the Institute for Communications Law Studies the Comparative and International Law Institute the Law and Public Policy Program the Securities and Corporate Law Program the Interdisciplinary Program in Law and Religion and the Center for Law Philosophy and Culture. Alumni Robert P. Casey Jr. Senator Pennsylvania
Graduates include several judicial academic and political figures including U.S. Senator Tom Harkin of Iowa U.S. Senator Robert Patrick Casey Jr. of Pennsylvania Chief Justice Peggy A. Quince of the Florida Supreme Court U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Chair Naomi C. Earp Commissioner Kathleen Q. Abernathy of the Federal Communications Commission Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia and the presiding judge of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court Rhode Island House Minority Leader Robert A. Watson and Chief Judge Edward J. Damich of the United States Court of Federal Claims former National

Labor Relations Board Chair John H. Fanning and B. Jeffrey Cravath Senior Vice President of Fannie Mae. 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 the CommLaw Conspectus and the Journal of Law Philosophy & Culture. The school also has a very active moot court program with teams practicing in international law communications law labor law constitutional law securities law national security and a trials competition.2 Additionally there are more than forty active student organizations on campus.
Founded in 1969 the Columbus Community Legal Services offers three distinct clinical courses: the General Practice Clinic; the Families and the Law Clinic; and Advocacy for the Elderly. In addition the school offers a general practice clinic a criminal prosecution clinic a mediation clinic an SEC Student Observer Program and both a civil and criminal D.C. Law Students in Court Program.3 Career placement
For 2009 Graduates4 Gr

aduates known to be employed nine months after graduation: 94% Percentage of class employed in private sector: 60% Percentage of class employed in public sector: 40% Private Practice Median Salary: $145000 Government Sector Median Salary: $62000 Business Sector Median Salary: $100000 Judicial Clerkship Median Salary: $52000 Public Interest Median Salary: $47000 (maximum) Academia Median Salary: $80000 Notable faculty
Columbus School of Law Dean Veryl V. Miles is one of only three female black law school deans in the United States. She was appointed to the deanship in 2005.5
Professor Ralph Rohner who was dean of the law school for nine years is an expert in commercial and consumer law and is a member of the editorial board of the NCUSL. Professor Rohner during his deanship oversaw the fundraising for and construction of the new state-of-the-art law school building on the main campus of the Catholic University of America which is located only two miles from Capitol Hill.
The Hon. Fred Ugast Chief Judge (retired) District of Columbia Superior Court serves a

s the school's judge-in-residence. He also serves as a senior judge at the court.6
Former Federal Communications Commission (FCC) commissioner Kathleen Q. Abernathy serves as the school's Practitioner-in-Residence.7 She works closely with the Institute for Communications Law Studies as well as the National Telecom Moot Court Team and the CommLaw Conspectus.
The Hon. Edward J. Damich a distinguished lecturer in intellectual property law is also the Chief Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims.8
The Hon. Loren A. Smith currently serves as a senior judge of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims as well as being a full time professor at the school. He also served as the chairman of the Administrative Conference of the United States from 1981 to 1985.9
The Hon. Sylvia Bacon served as a judge for the District of Columbia Superior Court was an attorney with the Richard Nixon administration and was on the short list with Sandra Day O'Connor to replace the retiring Justice Stewart on the Supreme Court.10 She is presently a full time professor at the law s

chool.
Robert A. Destro professor of law is the founder and co-director of the law school's program in law and religion. He served a 6-year term on the U.S. Civil Rights Commission at the appointment of President Ronald Reagan and was the chief litigator for Robert and Mary Schindler the parents in the Terri Schiavo case during their court battle for custody of their daughter's medical treatment.11 External links Official Website for Columbus School of Law References "Best Law Schools (Ranked in 2008)" (in English). U.S. News and World Report. March 26 2008. http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/grad/law/search/page+4. Retrieved 2008-11-07.  CUA Columbus School of Law LLM Home Page http://law.cua.edu/Career/2008stats.cfm http://publicaffairs.cua.edu/news/05MilesAnnouncement.htm http://www.dcbar.org/forlawyers/resources/legendsinthelaw/ugast.cfm http://www.wbklaw.com/sub/bio/KathleenQ.AbernathyWilkinsonBarkerKnauerLLP-Partner.htm http://www.uscfc.uscourts.gov/node/6 http://www.uscfc.uscourts.gov/node/34 Judicial Selection Letter to Ken

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