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CUA Law faculty have produced more than a century of scholarship. Their distinguished body of work has had an impact upon legislative reform, judicial construction, executive policy, and has broadened the scope of legal knowledge generally within a particular sub-discipline. The scholarly tradition of Catholic University's law school is effective in the communication of complex ideas and the interpretation of legal trends and judicial doctrine. To access faculty profiles and publications, just click on the faculty member's name. For help in locating a faculty member, contact the Office of Public Affairs: 202-319-5438.



Administrative Law

Marshall Breger, Professor of Law 

Benjamin Mintz, Professor of Law
 


Antitrust Law

Antonio Fidel Perez, Associate Professor
 


Bioethics and Healthlaw

George P. Smith, II, Professor of Law
 


Banking Law

Heidi M. Schooner, Professor of Law
 


Catholic Social Teaching

Lucia Ann Silecchia, Professor of Law

 

Child Abuse/Child Sexual Exploitation 

Mary G. Leary, Associate Professor

 

Church Issues 

Rev. Raymond C. O'Brien, Professor of Law

  • Confidentiality
  • Sexual abuse

  

Civil Procedure

Kathryn Kelly, Professor of Law

  • Complex Litigation
  • Jury Trials
  • Civil Litigation
  • Multistate Case Management
 

 Megan La Belle, Assistant Professor

  • Federal Courts

 

Suzette Malveaux, Professor of Law

  • Complex Litigation
  • Class Actions


     

Civil Rights

Robert A. Destro, Professor of Law

  • Discrimination on the Basis of Race, Religion, Ethnicity, Disability
  • Reparations and Affirmative Action

 

Suzette Malveaux, Professor of Law

  • Employment Discrimination
  • Section 1983

 

Commercial Bankruptcy 

Veryl V. Miles, Dean and Professor of Law 
 

 

Communications Law 

Donna Coleman Gregg,  Adjunct Lecturer and Director of the Institute for Communications Law Studies

 

Corporations
 

     Sarah Duggin, Associate Professor

     David Lipton, Professor of Law & Director, Corporate and Securities Law Program 

 

Criminal Law

 

Clifford S. Fishman, Professor of Law

  • Drug Prosecutions & Related Issues
     

 

Criminal Litigation

Mary G. Leary, Associate Professor

 

Criminal Procedure  
 

     Clifford S. Fishman, Professor of Law 

  • Search and Seizure
  • Electronic Surveillance
  • Trial Strategy
  • Miranda & Interrogations
  • Grand Jury Issues 

 

Constitutional Law

Robert A. Destro, Professor of Law

  • Church/State Relations
  • Religious Freedom (Domestic and International)
  • Freedom of Speech
  • Freedom of the Press
  • Freedom of Association
  • Privacy: Bioethics, Abortion, Right to Die, Marriage
     

William A. Kaplin, Professor of Law

  • Freedom of Speech
  • Constitutional Interpretation (Interpretive Process)

     

 

Michael F. Noone, Jr., Research Ordinary Professor

  • Civil-Military Relations

 

Antonio Fidel Perez, Professor of Law

  • Foreign Relations and National Security
 


Discrimination Law

Michael F. Noone, Jr., Research Ordinary Professor

  • Sexual Discrimination Law as Applied in the United States Armed Forces

 

Domestic Violence 

Mary G. Leary, Associate Professor

Stacy R. Brustin, Associate Professor

 

Education Law

William A. Kaplin, Professor of Law

  • Academic Freedom
  • Students' Rights
  • Sexual Harassment
  • Hate Speech
  • Accreditation
     


Education Reform

Robert A. Destro, Professor of Law

  • School Choice: Including Vouchers and Impact on Desegregation

 

Environmental Law    
 

Lucia Ann Silecchia, Associate Professor

  • Environmental Enforcement Policy
  • Catholic Social Thought Regarding Environmental Ethics



Evidence and Trial Strategy

Clifford S. Fishman, Professor of Law

  • Cleric-Communicant ("Priest-Penitent") Privilege
  • Hearsay Rule
  • Special Evidence Issues in Rape Trials



Family Law

Stacy L. Brustin, Associate Professor

  • Domestic Violence
  • Teen Dating Violence
  • Child Support & Child Custody
  • Child Support & Welfare Reform

 

Rev. Raymond C. O'Brien, Professor of Law

  • Definition of Family
  • Parental Rights
  • Marriage & Divorce
  • Roman Catholic Church policies and positions



Federal Courts

Roger Hartley, Professor of Law 


Higher Education

William Kaplin, Professor of Law
  • Co-Author: The Law of Higher Education: A Comprehensive Guide to the Legal Implications of Administrative Decisionmaking
  • Past chair of the Education Law Section of the Association of American Law Schools
  • Co-author: State, School, and Family: Cases and Materials on Law Education,the first law school casebook on education law in the United States.

 

International Law

Antonio Fidel Perez, Professor of Law

  • Arms Control and National Security
  • International Trade
  • Human Rights
  • United Nations
  • International Telecommunications

 

Rett R. Ludwikowski, Professor of Law

  • Comparative and International Law
  • Comparative Constitutional Law
  • Comparative Governments
  • Human Rights Protection in East Central Europe
  • Constitutional-making in the Region of Former Dominance
  • Law of European Union

 


Law and Religion

Robert Destro, Professor of Law

  • Current Legal Issues within the Catholic Church
  • The social and cultural intersection of law and religion
 

Legal Education

Stacy L. Brustin, Associate Professor

  • Clinical Legal Education
     

Kathryn Kelly, Professor of Law

  • Textbook Writing
  • Applied Learning Theory
  • Teaching Skills Classes 


Lisa G. Lerman
, Professor of Law and Coordinator of Clinical Programs

  • Teaching Methodology
  • Teaching Legal Ethics
  • Teaching Legal Analysis
  • Externship Teaching


Veryl V. Miles
, Dean and Professor of Law 


J.P. "Sandy" Ogilvy
, Professor & Director, Law and Social Justice Initiatives
  • Clinical Legal Education
  • Externships
  • Legal Skills Training



Legal History

Kenneth Pennington, Professor of Law

  • Roman Law
  • Canon law
  • Medieval Law
  • English Law



Legal Philosophy/Jurisprudence

William J. Wagner, Professor of Law



Legal Research

Stephen G. Margeton, Director of the Law Library and Professor



Legal Writing

Lucia Ann Silecchia, Associate Professor
 
Beverly Jennison, Instructor, Lawyering Skills Program



Library Science

Stephen G. Margeton, Director of the Law Library and Professor

  • Design and Construction of Libraries
  • Library Administration



Litigation

     Louis J. Barracato, Associate Professor 

     Clifford S. Fishman, Professor of Law

 

 
Military Law

Michael F. Noone, Jr. Research Ordinary Professor

  • Civil-military relations
  • Anti-terrorism measures
  • Non-combatant status
  • Former Judge Advocate General, U.S. Air Force


Patent Law

     Megan La Belle, Assistant Professor

  • Intellectual Property
  • Advanced Patent Law
  • International Intellectual Property


Professional Responsibility

Stacy L. Brustin, Associate Professor

  • Multidisciplinary Practice in Non-Profit Sector

 

Lisa Lerman, Professor of Law & Coordinator of Clinical Programs

  • Client billing and internal law firm practices
 

Securites Law

     David Lipton, Professor of Law and Director, Securities Law Program   

  •      Securities regulation, corporate finance, and corporations
  •      FINRA, SEC, MSRB