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Part of Health Law

Bioethics & Life Sciences Law

Research, medical products and the ethics of new treatments.

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What this area covers

Lawyers in this field advise on clinical research, the approval of drugs and devices and the ethical questions that new biomedical capabilities raise.

Also called: Bioethics, Biolaw, Biotechnology Law, Food and Drug Law, Life Sciences Law.

Typical legal work

  • Advising on clinical trial regulation
  • Guiding products through regulatory approval
  • Counselling research institutions on ethics review

Where lawyers work

  • Law firms of every size
  • Pharmaceutical and device companies
  • Research institutions
  • Federal, state and local government

A setting is where you work; an area is what the work is about. The same area is practised in very different settings.

Schools with verified programs

A school is listed here only when its own website names a concentration, certificate, clinic, center or field placement in Bioethics & Life Sciences Law. Schools are in alphabetical order. The list is not a ranking, and a school that is absent may still teach the subject.

3 schools · 1 certificate · 2 centers and institutes

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Program types counted as evidence: clinics, certificates, concentrations and specializations, centers and institutes, externships and field placements. Joint degrees and advanced degrees are described under Degrees & program types.

Sources

These references informed what the area covers. The description above is PreLaw Advisor’s own and does not reproduce their text.

  1. 1.American Bar Association. Health Law Section (opens in a new tab) Retrieved Sep 2026.
  2. 2.American Bar Association. Science & Technology Law Section (opens in a new tab) Retrieved Sep 2026.

Description reviewed Sep 2026. Each school program links to the page it was verified against.