Licentiate_of_Canon_Law
Licentiate of Canon Law
Title in the Roman Catholic Church
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]