The School of Canon Law is the only faculty of

Catholic canon law The canon law of the Catholic Church ("canon law" comes from Latin ') is "how the Church organizes and governs herself". It is the system of laws and ecclesiastical legal principles made and enforced by the hierarchical authorities of the Cath ...

in the

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. It is one of the twelve schools at

The Catholic University of America The Catholic University of America (CUA) is a private Roman Catholic research university in Washington, D.C. It is a pontifical university of the Catholic Church in the United States and the only institution of higher education founded by U.S. ...

, located in Washington, D.C.Schools at The Catholic University of America
and one of the three ecclesiastical schools at the university, together with the

School of Theology and Religious Studies The School of Theology and Religious Studies is one of the twelve schools at The Catholic University of America, located in Washington, D.C.,

and the School of Philosophy. The school is part of the main campus in the Brookland neighborhood in Northeast D.C. and is housed in

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. It offers the

Licentiate of Canon Law Licentiate of Canon Law ( la, Juris Canonici Licentiatus; JCL) is the title of an advanced graduate degree with canonical effects in the Roman Catholic Church offered by pontifical universities and ecclesiastical faculties of canon law. Licentiat ...

and the

Doctor of Canon Law Doctor of Canon Law ( la, Juris Canonici Doctor, JCD) is the doctoral-level terminal degree in the studies of canon law of the Roman Catholic Church. It can also be an honorary degree awarded by Anglican colleges. It may also be abbreviated ICD ...

ecclesiastical degrees, as well as civil and joint ecclesiastical-civil degree programs.

History

Catholic University was empowered to grant ecclesiastical degrees in canon law by the apostolic letter of Leo XIII ''Magni nobis gaudii'' of 7 March 1889. The

School of Theology A seminary, school of theology, theological seminary, or divinity school is an educational institution for educating students (sometimes called ''seminarians'') in scripture, theology, generally to prepare them for ordination to serve as clergy, ...

issued canon law degrees until 1923, when a separate faculty of canon law was established by the

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. Catholic University is the only U.S. university with an

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