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Part of Transportation Law

Admiralty & Maritime Law

Shipping, navigation and work at sea.

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What this area covers

Maritime lawyers handle the carriage of cargo by water, injuries to seafarers, collisions, salvage and marine insurance.

Also called: Admiralty Law, Maritime Law.

Typical legal work

  • Handling cargo and collision claims
  • Representing injured seafarers or their employers
  • Advising on vessel finance and marine insurance

Where lawyers work

  • Law firms of every size
  • Shipping companies and insurers
  • 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 Admiralty & Maritime 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. Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section (opens in a new tab) Retrieved Sep 2026.

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

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