Located in the coastal city of Portland, Maine, the Ocean and Coastal Law Journal is dedicated to facilitating discourse on legal issues related to domestic and international use of the sea and seashores. It is published by second and third year students at the University of Maine School of Law in two issues per year. These volumes include articles by practitioners and scholars, as well as comments and case notes written by students addressing issues of marine resource regulation, coastal zone management, marine environmental protection, and other topics of importance in the field of ocean and coastal law. Ocean and Coastal Law Journal.
Current Issue: Volume 30, Number 1 (2025)
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Editorial Board Vol. 30, No. 1 (2025)
Kathryn Hoff Editor-in-Chief
Articles
Gaps in Accountability for Submarine Cable Protection: Inadequacies in the Current Legal Framework
Martin Kwan
Detention of Foreign Seafarers and Vessels: Pollution Prevention or Piracy?
Edward MacColl and Marshall Tinkle
Comment
Maine’s Arctic Future: Balancing Economic Opportunity, Geopolitical Risk, and Legal Responsibility
Emily Elmore
Case Note
What Did SCOTUS do to WOTUS?
Hailey Rizzo