Subscribe to RSS FeedMy sister is a professor at a university here in the Northeast. She lets me come around once a semester and talk to her oceanography students about maritime law-like things. It's hard to condense maritime law into a fifty-minute or so period; so, what I end up doing is the ol' shotgun approach.
We hit topics that I think might keep a college-aged brain interested. I talk about salvage (peril, voluntariness and success), chatter on about the differences between the territorial sea and the exclusive economic zone (one's your backyard and the other's kind of like the neighborhood), meander around some causes of action available to an injured crewmember (Jones Act and Unseaworthiness), and usually close by addressing whether a captain can actually perform a marriage aboard a vessel (mixed law; statute says no go, but some case law suggests otherwise).
When you're lawyering, a lot of what you say is measured in favor of the advocacy of your position. What I get to do once a semester before a bunch of college kids is a refreshing change. Think of it as the difference between an employer's Christmas party, and having a drink with friends.
Alright, we'll get a couple of more posts in before the Holidays. Speaking of holidays, take a look at Captain Doug's recent blog post on The Daily Breeze? That's the way to do it, friends. Christmas in Staniel Cay, Bahamas. One of these days I plan to do the very same thing, snow and sleighs be damned!
Underway and making way.
--- JKF
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