Editing Mary McAleese (section)

===Canon Lawyer===
McAleese is an alumna of the [[Pontifical Gregorian University]] where she obtained her [[Licentiate (degree)|licentiate]] of canon law in 2014 and a [[Doctor of Canon Law|doctorate of canon law]] in 2018. On 22 September 2018, McAleese publicly defended her thesis on "Children's Rights and Obligations in Canon Law" at the [[Pontifical Gregorian University]].  The defence was conducted in Italian. McAleese was questioned by Professor Robert J Geisinger S.J. and Professor Ulrich Rhode S.J. The [[Archbishop of Dublin]], [[Diarmuid Martin]], the Rector of the [[Pontifical Irish College]] in Rome and the Irish Ambassadors to Italy and the Holy See attended the defence.<ref name="independent.ie"/><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://wearechurchireland.ie/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/IMWAC-Experts-2014.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191127164432/http://wearechurchireland.ie/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/IMWAC-Experts-2014.pdf |archive-date=27 November 2019 |title=IMWAC Experts 2014 |publisher=[[We Are Church|We Are Church Ireland]] |access-date=25 June 2021}}</ref> McAleese also holds a Masters in [[Canon Law]] (2010) from the [[Milltown Institute of Theology and Philosophy]]. McAleese delivered the Valedictorian Address at her graduation.<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.jesuit.ie/news/valedictorian/| title=President's fond farewell| date=9 November 2010| access-date=27 November 2019| archive-date=27 November 2019| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191127164553/https://www.jesuit.ie/news/valedictorian/| url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2012, McAleese published ''Quo Vadis? Collegiality in the Code of Canon Law'' (Columba Press).<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.catholicnews.com/services/englishnews/2012/-quo-vadis-former-irish-president-looks-at-collegiality-governance-cns-1204275.cfm| title='Quo Vadis': Former Irish president looks at collegiality, governance| date=25 March 2020| access-date=27 November 2019| archive-date=27 November 2019| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191127164353/https://www.catholicnews.com/services/englishnews/2012/-quo-vadis-former-irish-president-looks-at-collegiality-governance-cns-1204275.cfm| url-status=dead}}</ref> The book was launched in Rome at the Irish Franciscan College of St. Isidore's<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.franciscans.ie/mary-mcaleese-launches-book-in-franciscan-college/ | title=Mary McAleese Launches Book | access-date=27 November 2019 | archive-date=27 November 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191127164512/https://www.franciscans.ie/mary-mcaleese-launches-book-in-franciscan-college/ | url-status=live }}</ref> and in Dublin at the Redemptorists Centre at Marianella by the Former [[Chief Justice of Ireland]], [[Ronan Keane]]<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/mary-mcaleese-hits-out-at-culture-of-silence-behind-church-abuse-28821941.html | title=Mary McAleese hits out at culture of silence behind church abuse | date=22 October 2012 | access-date=27 November 2019 | archive-date=27 November 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191127164558/https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/mary-mcaleese-hits-out-at-culture-of-silence-behind-church-abuse-28821941.html | url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2019, McAleese published ''Children's Rights & Obligations in Canon Law: The Christening Contracts'' (Brill Publishers).<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.marymcaleese.com/the-christening-contract| title=The Christening Contract| date=22 November 2019| access-date=27 November 2019| archive-date=27 November 2019| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191127164352/https://www.marymcaleese.com/the-christening-contract| url-status=live}}</ref>