Columbus School of Law
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| Established | 1897 |
| Type | Private |
| 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. 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. The law school's ranking rose in 2008, placing it in the top 100 law schools.
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 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, the Walter A. Slowinski and Haislip Courtrooms, and the three-story Keelty Atrium.
Incoming classes are typically composed of two to 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, U.S. Senator Robert Patrick Casey, Jr. of Pennsylvania, 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, 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, and a trials competition. Additionally, 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]
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.[2]
The school also enjoys an exclusive exchange program with Jagiellonian University in Cracow, Poland[3].
[edit] Notable Faculty and Staff
Columbus School of Law Dean Veryl V. Miles is one of only three female, black law school deans in the United States. She was elevated to her current position in 2005.
Former FCC commissioner Kathleen Q. Abernathy serves as the school's Practitioner-in-Residence. She works closely with the Institute for Communications Law Studies, as well as the National Telecom Moot Court Team and the CommLaw Conspectus.
The Honorable Loren Smith currently serves as a senior judge of the United States 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.
The Honorable Edward J. Damich, a distinguished lecturer in intellectual property law, is also the Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.
