該期刊成立于1950年，是哥倫布法學院最古老的法律期刊。最近的問題等主題特色分析文件和檔案的法律地位在戰爭中,貧窮的適當的角色在決定一個貧困被告的民事權利法律顧問,物質支持欄和現代移民的從業人員帶來的挑戰,正確的標準的證明能力競賽,五十分之一周年回顧鋼鐵工人三部曲,爭奪乘客的名字記錄在圣誕節炸機未遂和它的作用,并將合理的談判理論應用于書面需求。《天主教大學法律評論》除了由學生工作人員撰寫的筆記和評論外，還出版文章、書評和隨筆。2016年影響因子為0.309，在期刊引用報告“法律”類149種期刊中排名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]