News and Announcements

Registration for the MLA Spring event at the New York Yacht Club on Wednesday, April 30, at 6:00pm is currently fully subscribed. For MLA members still interested in attending, there is a waitlist in the event there are cancellations and additional spaces become available. You can access the waitlist on the Spring Meeting page. Details concerning ...

It is with great sadness that the Association announces the passing of Joy Rue, late wife of Past President Tom Rue. Through Tom’s involvement in the MLA, Joy formed lasting friendships with many of the wives of the members of the Association. She regularly attended the Spring meeting in New York and the many Fall ...

The Comité Maritime International invites submissions for the 2025 Young Persons’ Essay Prize for original unpublished writing in the field of maritime law. Submissions must be received by the CMI Secretariat by 31 March 2025. Full Rules & Criteria – On the CMI website https://comitemaritime.org/work/ycmi-essay-prize/ CMI Essay Prize Flyer 2025

The U.S. Department of Justice’s office of Aviation, Space & Admiralty Litigation is seeking a Trial Attorney in its Washington, D.C. office. Read more and apply at: https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/801132700

The MLA has just learned of the passing of Jack Berg, the longest serving member of the Society of Maritime Arbitrators. An obituary can be found here: https://www.ballarddurand.com/obituaries/jack-berg

In conjunction with the 125th Anniversary of the MLA, we are posting a compendium of Significant Maritime Supreme Court decisions. We thank Richard Bertram and the YLS for their labor and effort on this project. Significant Maritime Decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States (pdf)

Victor Ivan Koock of New Orleans was a longtime member of the Maritime Law Association of the United States and an active member of the maritime community. His obituary can be read here: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/nola/name/victor-koock-obituary?id=54755809

The U.S. Coast Guard, National Pollution Funds Center, is seeking an attorney to fulfill the position of Attorney Advisor (General) GS-0905-14, in Washington, D.C. Please see the link below for more information. http://www.usajobs.gov/search/results/?p=1&k=781047500 Applications should be submitted through USAJOBS.GOV. The announcement number for the vacancy advertisement on USAJOBS is 23-2461-HQ-MLJ-EXC-R1 and the control number for the vacancy advertisement ...