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The Maritime and Transport Law Committee is one of the oldest and most established committees of the IBA with more than 800 members worldwide. The committee enables maritime law professionals to meet, create connections and discuss the most current legal issues in maritime and transport law.

The committee organises sessions for the IBA's Annual Conference and holds frequent seminars. Strong links have been established with other leading maritime organisations, such as Comite Maritime International and the International Maritime Organization Legal Council.

Featured conference:

• International Maritime Law Conference: Shipping in the New Financial Era
  25-26 March 2010, Connecticut, United States

More conferences

Featured news:

• Minutes of Committee Business Meeting, October 2009:
  *Half-year conference 2010
  *Cooperation with Maritime Committee of AIJA
  *Cooperation with IMO
  *Scheduled conferences in Singapore and Ukraine and possible conference in Nigeria
  *Vancouver Annual Conference 2010
  *Miscellaneous
  

• Message from the Chair (2009-2010)
  

Maritime and Transport Law Committee Scholarship

This year the Maritime and Transport Law Committee will again award a scholarship to a young lawyer who wishes to participate in the IBA Annual Conference, but may find financial difficulties in doing so. The scholarship award for 2010 includes the following:

• Free registration for the IBA 2010 Annual Conference, 3-8 October 2010, Vancouver, Canada.
• A contribution towards travel costs to the conference.
  
• A contribution towards accommodation costs while attending the conference.
  
• Two years’ free membership of the IBA, LPD and PPID including membership of one committee within the awarding section and one free PPID committee.
  
• A waiver of either the next IBA Annual Conference registration fee or the registration fee of one of the chosen committees' specialist conferences.
  
• Free membership of the Scholarship Alumni Group.

The deadline for submissions is Monday 26 April 2010.

For further information please download the Scholarship Application Form here.