The Ocean and Coastal Law Journal (OCLJ) is dedicated to facilitating discourse on legal issues related to domestic and international use of the sea and seashores. One of the few journals of its kind in the country, OCLJ is published annually by second and third year students at the University of Maine School of Law. Volumes include articles by practitioners and scholars, as well as comments and case notes written by students addressing issues of marine resource regulation, alternative energy development, boundary delimitation, coastal zone management, marine environmental protection, and other topics of importance in the field of ocean and coastal law. The OCLJ is affiliated with the Center for Oceans & Coastal Law at Maine Law.

The OCLJ provides two years of research, writing, and editing experience to its student editors, who are required to produce a comment or two case notes of publishable quality on an ocean or coastal issue during their second year. In addition to fulfilling their writing requirement, student editors become familiar with current issues in the field of ocean and coastal law while carefully editing works accepted for publication.

For additional information, visit oclj.mainelaw.maine.edu or email ocljeditor@maine.edu.

Volume 29 Editors

  • Editor-in-Chief: Alicia Rea
  • Managing Editors: Natalie Nowatzke and Mollie Rutz
  • Executive Editor: Austin Clark
  • Articles Editors: Chris Guay, Hannah Pratt, and Leah Wihtelin
  • Head Case Note and Comment Editor: Geetanjali Talpade
  • Case Note and Comment Editors: Alice Keefe, Jessica Payson, Mik Schulte, and Mariah Wood
  • Research Editor: Tom Letourneau

Staff Editors:

  • Brie Bailey
  • Meredith Brown
  • Jamie Dalgleish
  • Emily Elmore
  • Taylor Engdahl
  • Lee Foden
  • Kristina Grimaldi
  • Matthew Gruba
  • Kathryn Habecker
  • Jacob Martin
  • Nick Milliken
  • Theresa Norman
  • Hailey Rizzo
  • Melissa Tabak

Academic Advisors:

Journal Manager

  • Michelene Decrow