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Part of Criminal Law

White Collar & Investigations

Fraud, corruption and other financial or regulatory offenses.

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What this area covers

White collar lawyers represent companies and individuals in government investigations and prosecutions of non-violent offenses, and conduct internal investigations for organizations.

Also called: Government Investigations, White Collar Crime, White Collar Defense.

Typical legal work

  • Defending clients in government investigations
  • Conducting internal investigations
  • Negotiating resolutions with enforcement agencies

Where lawyers work

  • Law firms of every size
  • Federal and state prosecutors
  • In-house legal departments

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 White Collar & Investigations. 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 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. Criminal Justice Section (opens in a new tab) Retrieved Sep 2026.

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