STATE BAR CERTIFICATION EFFORT The Admiralty and Maritime Section is promoting an effort to obtain State Bar Certification for our unique area of practice...	PREVIEW OUR NEXT MEETING Tuesday, August 17th, 2010
JUDGES AND COMMISSIONERS Active and retired Judges and Commissioners may join our Section with no annual dues and need only complete an application and pay event fees!	The LAW LIBRARY This feature includes original articles written by member attorneys, articles by experts in the field of Maritime Commerce and Safety, the bylaws of our organization, and pertinent links to websites with information about the subject of Maritime Law.
COURTHOUSE REFERENCES Hours of the Clerk's Office, courtroom assignments, phone numbers, maps. Some lists are downloadable PDF files.
admiralty n. concerning activities which occur at sea, including on small boats and ships in navigable bays. Admiralty law (maritime law) includes accidents and injuries at sea, maritime contracts and commerce, alleged violations of rules of the sea over shipping lanes and rights-of-way, and mutiny and other crimes on shipboard. Jurisdiction over all these matters rests in the federal courts, which do not use juries in admiralty cases. There are other special rules in processing maritime cases, which are often handled by admiralty law specialists. Lawyers appearing in admiralty cases are called "proctors." maritime law n. Also called "admiralty law" or "the law of admiralty," the laws and regulations, including international agreements and treaties, which exclusively govern activities at sea or in any navigable waters. In the United States, federal courts have jurisdiction over maritime law.