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Area of law

Education Law

The rights and duties of students, families, schools and universities.

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What this area covers

Education lawyers work on student rights, special education, school discipline, funding and the governance of schools and universities.

Also called: Higher Education Law, School Law, Special Education Law.

Typical legal work

  • Representing students in special education and discipline matters
  • Advising schools and universities on compliance
  • Litigating school funding and access cases

Where lawyers work

  • School districts and universities
  • Legal aid and public-interest organizations
  • Federal, state and local government
  • Law firms of every size

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

7 schools · 5 clinics · 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. Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice (opens in a new tab) Retrieved Sep 2026.
  2. 2.Law School Admission Council. Fields of Law (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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