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Area of law

Construction Law

Contracts and disputes in building projects.

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What this area covers

Construction lawyers draft the agreements among owners, designers and builders and resolve the claims for delay, defects and payment that arise during projects.

Also called: Construction Industry Law.

Typical legal work

  • Drafting construction and design contracts
  • Resolving delay and defect claims
  • Handling liens and payment disputes

Where lawyers work

  • Law firms of every size
  • In-house legal departments
  • Contractors and developers

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 Construction Law. Schools are in alphabetical order. The list is not a ranking, and a school that is absent may still teach the subject.

No verified programs yet

No school program has been verified under this area so far. That reflects what has been reviewed, not what schools offer. How programs are verified

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. Forum on Construction Law (opens in a new tab) Retrieved Sep 2026.

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