Letter From the Chair

The Admiralty and Maritime Law Committee of TIPS is the only organized ABA group devoted to the study and practice of admiralty and maritime law. In this unique role, our committee has ambitious plans for the coming year, including continuing or beginning work on the following projects:

• Rotterdam Rules – leading the effort to convince the ABA House of Delegates to recommend the ratification of the Convention on Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods Wholly or Partly by Sea, to be known as the Rotterdam Rules.
• CLE Seminars – organizing and presenting telephonic and in-person CLE seminars dealing with introductory admiralty issues and piracy related insurance coverage and claims.
• Recreational Boating Book – publishing a book dealing with legal issues associated with recreational and pleasure boating.
• Articles and Newsletters – writing several articles for publication in committee newsletters and a survey of recent developments in admiralty and maritime law, to be published in the TIPS Law Journal.
• Law Student Writing Competition – sponsoring the second annual Admiralty and Maritime Law Committee, Law Student Writing Competition.
  
  Learn about the competition
  Submission Deadline: April 8, 2011
• ListServes – increasing use of committee ListServes to exchange information about recent developments in admiralty and maritime law.

If you have not previously been active in the committee, there are many opportunities to get involved. Members interested in submitting case summaries or articles of any length for publication in our news letters should contact our Vice Chairs and newsletter editors, Chris Nolan and Wayne Parker. If you have an idea for an article that might be suitable for inclusion in any other TIPS publication, such as The Brief or the TIPS Law Journal, please contact me. If you are a law student, attorney, or a maritime professional and you or your organization would like to sponsor a regional get-together or some other membership event, please contact our Membership Vice-Chair, Joe Kulesa .

Finally, if you are interested in becoming an active member in any other way, please contact me at mdaly@pierceatwood.com. Additionally, you may consider coming to the TIPS spring meeting at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in San Jun , Puerto Rico from May 12-16, 2010. Registration for TIPS meetings is generally free, and there are scholarships available that may be of particular use to law students and young lawyers who are looking to become involved.

Sincerely,
Michael Daly