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Part of Labor & Employment Law

Employment Law

Individual rights at work: pay, discrimination, leave and safety.

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What this area covers

Employment lawyers handle claims of discrimination, harassment, unpaid wages and wrongful termination, and advise employers on how to comply with the law.

Also called: Employment Discrimination, Wage and Hour Law, Workers' Rights.

Typical legal work

  • Litigating discrimination and harassment claims
  • Pursuing or defending wage and hour claims
  • Drafting employment agreements and handbooks

Where lawyers work

  • Law firms of every size
  • In-house legal departments
  • Federal, state and local government
  • Legal aid and public-interest organizations

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

14 schools · 5 concentrations and specializations · 1 certificate · 10 clinics · 3 centers and institutes · 1 externship

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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 Labor and Employment Law (opens in a new tab) Retrieved Sep 2026.

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