Also called: Admiralty Attorney, Maritime Attorney
Works on legal issues at sea: shipwrecks, cargo damage, cruise-ship injuries, and sailors' rights.
Maritime law is its own ancient body of law. An admiralty lawyer might arrest a ship in port to collect a debt, sue over cargo lost overboard, or represent an offshore oil worker who was injured. Big hubs include New Orleans, Houston, Miami, and Seattle.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Professional degree (MD, JD, DVM…), about 7 years after high school. Bachelor's degree, 3-year JD, and passing the bar exam.
Ways in: 4-year college, Professional school. Training cost: Over $150k.
Majors to look at: Marine Transportation, International Relations, History, Political Science.
Growing about average (about 4% over 10 years). BLS projection for all lawyers (2024-34); niche areas vary.
Low risk for 10 years. AI helps research centuries of admiralty cases; ship arrests, accident investigations and port-city trials stay human.
Classes: AP U.S. Government, Geography, AP English Language, Physics.
Official data: O*NET occupation 23-1011.
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