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Area of law

Health Law

The law of health care delivery, payment and regulation.

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What this area covers

Health lawyers advise hospitals, clinicians, insurers and patients in a heavily regulated industry. Work includes transactions, regulatory compliance, reimbursement and patient rights.

Also called: Health Care Law, Health Law and Policy, Healthcare Law, Medical Law.

Typical legal work

  • Advising on health care regulation and reimbursement
  • Structuring provider transactions
  • Representing patients seeking care or coverage

Common subareas

Bioethics & Life Sciences LawResearch, medical products and the ethics of new treatments.Mental Health LawRights and treatment of people with mental illness.

Where lawyers work

  • Law firms of every size
  • Hospitals and health systems
  • 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 Health Law or one of its subareas. Schools are in alphabetical order. The list is not a ranking, and a school that is absent may still teach the subject.

39 schools · 8 concentrations and specializations · 15 certificates · 18 clinics · 16 centers and institutes · 3 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. Health Law Section (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.