Ladislas Orsy, SJ (1921-2025) was professor of law at Georgetown University, where he taught Roman Law, History of Philosophy of Law, and Canon Law. During the council he was professor of canon law at the Gregorian University in Rome, then tught theology at Fordham University and canon law at The Catholic University of America. He is the author of nine books and more than 200 articles including Receiving the Council: Theological and Canonical Insights and Debates, and Discernment: Theology and Practice, Communal and Personal, published by Liturgical Press.