The journal was established in 1989 and sponsors two teams each spring to compete in the Judge John R. Brown National Admiralty Moot Court Competition.

In 1999 and 2007, the journal hosted the competition at the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco.

[1] The journal has been cited by numerous US state and federal courts.

[2] The US Supreme Court has also cited the journal, most recently in Chandris, Inc. v.

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