As of January 1, 2021, the JMLC is under new ownership at the Roger Williams University School of Law.
The JMLC continues to be a professionally published journal with two Co-Editors-in-Chief: Justin Kishbaugh and Julia Wyman. The JMLC has a rotating staff of other editors and peer-reviewers in the field of maritime law.
Additionally, the JMLC has a cohort of student editors at the Roger Williams University School of Law who assist the Editors-in-Chief.
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Please check back here for current, past, and upcoming editions of the JMLC.
The Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce was founded in 1969 by George Jay Joseph, a Washington, D.C., lawyer who saw the need for a law review exclusively devoted to maritime law. Through a generous gift by the Joseph family in 2021, the JMLC transferred hands to the Roger Williams University School of Law.
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