RECERTIFICATION

The applicant must satisfy the following requirements during the 5-year period immediately preceding the application date for recertification.

(a) Substantial Involvement. The applicant must demonstrate substantial involvement of at least 35 percent in admiralty and maritime law during each year of certification or prior recertification under the minimum standards for initial certification.

(b) Education. The applicant must complete 55 hours of approved continuing legal education since the filing of the last application for certification in admiralty and maritime law.

(c) Peer Review. The applicant must submit the names and addresses of 3 individuals who are active in admiralty and maritime law, including, but not limited to, lawyers and judges who are familiar with the applicant’s practice, excluding persons who are currently employed in the applicant’s law firm, to complete peer review forms.

(d) Examination. The applicant may be required to pass the admiralty and maritime examination given to new applicants as a condition of recertification if the admiralty law certification committee determines the applicant may not meet the standards for admiralty law certification established under this chapter after reviewing the applicant’s recertification submission.