Columbus School of Law

The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law
Motto	Deus Lux Mea Est - God Is My Light
Parent school	Catholic University of America
Established	1898
School type	Private
Dean	Daniel F. Attridge
Location	Washington, D.C., US
Enrollment	519
Faculty	105
USNWR ranking	103
Website	http://law.edu

The Columbus School of Law, also known as CUA Law, is the law school of The Catholic University of America, in Washington, D.C.

More than 500 Juris Doctor students attend CUA Law. Incoming classes are typically composed of about 150 hundred students, including day and evening programs. Around 1,900 students apply annually. CUA Law is located slightly more than two miles north of the United States Capitol and is a five-minute walk from the Brookland-CUA metro station.

According to CUA Law's 2013 ABA-required disclosures, 49% of the Class of 2013 obtained full-time, long-term, employment requiring bar passage nine months after graduation.

Catholic University of America began offering instruction in law in 1895 as part of its decision to open "faculties for the laity." The department was turned into an official school in 1898.

Catholic University’s law school has established a progressive history of inclusion. Its first African-American student was enrolled in 1902; its first female student in 1922.

In 1919, the Knights of Columbus founded an educational program known as Columbus University which provided evening an evening education program for Catholic war veterans returning from World War I. This institution was closely affiliated with Catholic University and shared faculty at both institutions' Washington, D.C. locations.

In 1954 Columbus University (now consisting only of an evening law school) merged with Catholic University's law school to form the Columbus School of Law. The law school has been accredited by the Association of American Law Schools since 1921 and the American Bar Association since 1925.

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