Government Contracts — areas of law

What this area covers

Government contracts lawyers help businesses compete for public contracts, comply with the special rules that attach to them and resolve protests and claims.

Also called: Government Procurement, Procurement Law, Public Contract Law.

Typical legal work

Advising on bids and proposals
Litigating bid protests
Counselling on contract compliance and claims

Where lawyers work

Law firms of every size
In-house legal departments
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 Government Contracts. 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.American Bar Association. Section of Public Contract Law (opens in a new tab) Retrieved Sep 2026.

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