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Part of Environmental Law

Water Law

Rights to use water and duties to protect it.

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What this area covers

Water lawyers handle the allocation of water among users, the protection of water quality and disputes between states and other governments over shared sources.

Also called: Water Resources Law, Water Rights.

Typical legal work

  • Securing and transferring water rights
  • Advising water districts and utilities
  • Litigating allocation disputes

Where lawyers work

  • Federal, state and local government
  • Law firms of every size
  • Water districts and utilities

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

1 school · 1 concentration · 1 center or institute

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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 Environment, Energy, and Resources (opens in a new tab) Retrieved Sep 2026.

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