§ Rule 6-17.2 Definitions
Rule 6-17.2. Definitions
(a) Admiralty Law. “Admiralty and Maritime Law” is that distinct and separate practice of law dealing with the corpus of rules, concepts, and legal practices governing vessels, the shipping industry, the carrying of goods and passengers by water as well as related maritime concepts. Admiralty and maritime law includes the substantive law and procedural rules associated with the general maritime law of the United States, admiralty jurisdiction and procedure, personal injury and wrongful death of seamen and passengers aboard vessels, compensation for injury and wrongful death of longshoremen and harbor workers, government regulation of marine safety and the maritime industry, carriage of goods, charter parties, salvage, general average, collision, marine insurance, maritime liens, limitation of liability, marine pollution and environmental law, maritime arbitration, recreational vessels, vessel finance and documentation, international aspects of maritime practice as well as other maritime topics which because of their special history, as well as for historical and practical reasons, have been recognized as distinctly different from our modern system of common law and have been traditionally grouped and practiced as “admiralty and maritime law.”
(b) Practice of Law. A minimum of 5 years in the practice of law including substantial involvement in the practice of admiralty and maritime law as set forth in rule 6-17.3(b). The term “practice of law” as used in these standards shall be as defined in rule 6-3.5(c)(1).