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COLLEGIAL AppreciationDobra RobotaIn Polish, the words “dobra robota”mean “good job.” In recentmonths, The Catholic University ofAmerica and two of its law school facultymembers have been recognizedby leading Polish universities for theirsignificant contributions to developingjoint educational programs betweenthe United States and Poland.CUA Awarded MerentibusMedal by JagiellonianUniversityThe Jagiellonian University inCracow, Poland, has awarded TheCatholic University of America itsMerentibus Medal in recognition ofthe innovative professional contributionsmade to it by the ColumbusSchool of Law.The medal especially honors thesuccess of the historic cooperativeagreement struck in the summer of2000 between the Columbus Schoolof Law and the law faculty ofJagiellonian University to establish ajoint certificate program in AmericanLaw Studies in Cracow.Under the arrangement, membersof the CUA law faculty teach aseries of intensive one-and two-weekcourses at the Jagiellonian Universityeach year, introducing Polish law studentsto the structure of America’slegal system and profession. The programrepresents a model of cooperationbetween universities committedto understanding and participating inthe internationalization of the world'slegal order.The Merentibus Medal alsoacknowledges the vital professionalcontributions of individual CUA lawprofessors, people who have forgedrelated legal programs and ties withthe Jagiellonian University. Theyinclude Rett Ludwikowski for directingthe 18-year-old Summer LawSchool Program in Cracow, whichestablished the first cooperationbetween the two schools; GeorgeGarvey for establishing the AmericanLaw and LL.M. programs there;Catherine Klein for her work in establishingJagiellonian’s legal clinics; andLeah Wortham for her contributionsto these ventures, as well as her supportof many Jagiellonian facultymembers and students.Professor Wortham was individuallyhonored by receiving the WithMerit to Jagiellonian UniversityMedal, conferred to her on June 28,2008, during the same ceremony thatbestowed the Merentibus Medalupon Catholic University.“Jagiellonian University is one ofEurope’s most prestigious universities,and its faculty of law is consideredone of the finest in the world,”remarked Very Rev. David M.O’Connell, C.M., president of CUA. “Iam most grateful to the rector andsenate for their generous tribute toCUA and Professor Wortham.”Jagiellonian University alumniincludes Renaissance scientist NicholasCopernicus and Pope John Paul II. Inaddition to its excellent academicprograms, it hosts numerous internationalconferences every year.Leah Wortham — With Merit toJagiellonian University MedalProfessor Leah Wortham hascome to know as much as any lawprofessor in America about how tosuccessfully administer multi-nationallegal education. She began workingwith Jagiellonian University in 1996,when she teamed with faculty“Jagiellonian University is one ofEurope’s most prestigious universitiesand its faculty of law is considered oneof the finest in the world,” remarkedVery Rev. David M. O’Connell, C.M.,president of CUA.The partnership between CUA Law andits counterpart in Cracow is a model forbi-national legal education.26CUALAWYER /Spring–Summer 2008