History, Present and Future of Catholic Law Schools – the American Perspective
Grzegorz Maroń
Uniwersytet Rzeszowski , PolandAbstract
The article presents the genesis, evolution and current status of Catholic law schools in the USA against the background of social and cultural changes. Since the 1960s and 1970s most of the nominally Catholic law schools in the United States have practically been no different from their secular counterparts. In the Author’s opinion, the clear Catholic identity of those schools should be framed in the light of the provisions of Pope John Paul II’s Apostolic Constitution Ex Corde Ecclesiae. In the first place, this identity should manifest itself in the research and teaching of a wide range of legal topics. The curriculum and the scholarship of the faculty should take into account the rich Catholic philosophical and theological tradition. Catholic law schools, not only those in the United States, are called to the integrity of their religious identity with full professionalism, faith with reason, respect for Catholic doctrine and morality with strictly scientific and critical methodology aimed at seeking and communicating objective truth, transferring knowledge to students with their spiritual- and intellectual formation.
Keywords:
Catholic law school, Catholic identity, United States, legal educationReferences
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