On 20/3/2021 Saveetha School of Law conducted a webinar on “Law Of The Sea”. The speaker of the day was Ms.M.Malathi, Advocate, Madras HC. The speaker started the seminar by giving a historical background on the origin of the law of sea and explained trade and commerce that happened on the sea route and how the marine resources were used. Also the speaker mentioned Latin terms such as ‘Mare Liberum and Mare Clauses’ which means freedom of sea and closed sea. The speaker elucidated the concept of archipelagic waters and explained the exclusive economic zone and how many nautical miles it is away from the base land. The speaker also explained about the various marine laws under both International conventions and national laws. The speaker quoted the famous De Jure Beli ac Pacis book written by Grotius and explained about the internal waters and the territorial seas. She further explained the international efforts by countries in order to ensure safe and secure trade and commerce between the nations, which actually saved many countries from war. This Topic holds great importance as it brought light on how marine laws help today's trade and commerce and how the marine laws keeps the peace between various countries when it comes to trade and commerce though the high seas.