该期刊成立于1950年，是哥伦布法学院最古老的法律期刊。最近的问题等主题特色分析文件和档案的法律地位在战争中,贫穷的适当的角色在决定一个贫困被告的民事权利法律顾问,物质支持栏和现代移民的从业人员带来的挑战,正确的标准的证明能力竞赛,五十分之一周年回顾钢铁工人三部曲,争夺乘客的名字记录在圣诞节炸机未遂和它的作用,并将合理的谈判理论应用于书面需求。《天主教大学法律评论》除了由学生工作人员撰写的笔记和评论外，还出版文章、书评和随笔。2016年影响因子为0.309，在期刊引用报告“法律”类149种期刊中排名125位
The journal was established in 1950 and is the Columbus School of Law's oldest legal journal. Recent issues have featured analysis on such topics as the legal status of records and archives in war, the proper role of poverty in determining an indigent defendant's civil right to counsel, the material-support bar and the challenges it poses for modern immigration practitioners, the correct standard of proof for incapacity will contests, a fiftieth anniversary review of the Steelworkers Trilogy, the battle over Passenger Name Records and its role in the attempted Christmas Day bombing, and the application of sound negotiation theory to the written demand.The Catholic University Law Review publishes articles, book reviews, and essays, in addition to notes and comments written by student staff members.[1] Its 2016 impact factor is 0.309, ranking it 125th among 149 journals listed in the "Law" category of the Journal Citation Reports.[2]