Licentiate of Canon Law

Licentiate of Canon Law (Latin: Juris Canonici Licentiatus;[1] 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. Licentiate is the title of a person who holds an academic degree called a licence. The licentiate of canon law is the ordinary way for forming future canonists, according to Veritatis gaudium.[2]

  1. ^ "Canon Law | Licentiate". www.unigre.it. Retrieved 29 May 2022.[title missing]
  2. ^ Canon Law Institutions Must Offer Diploma in Marriage and Procedural Law, Zenit.org, access 25 April 2019.