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Part of Criminal Law

Criminal Prosecution

Representing the public in criminal cases.

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What this area covers

Prosecutors decide whether to bring charges and then present the case for the government. They work in local district attorney offices, state attorney general offices and federal offices.

Also called: Prosecution.

Typical legal work

  • Reviewing investigations and making charging decisions
  • Presenting cases to grand juries and at trial
  • Working with victims and witnesses

Where lawyers work

  • District attorney offices
  • State attorney general offices
  • Federal prosecutors

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

21 schools · 18 clinics · 1 center or institute · 7 externships and field placements

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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. Criminal Justice Section (opens in a new tab) Retrieved Sep 2026.

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

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