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

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.

[8] The Jurist is the only journal published in the United States devoted to the study and promotion of the canon law of the Catholic Church.

Beginning with volume 71, the journal has been published for the School of Canon Law by the Catholic University of America Press.

The editorial board consists of the faculty of the School of Canon Law.