Marija Pijaca is associate professor at the Maritime Department of the University in Zadar, Croatia, where she held lectures in several courses in the domain of maritime law. She also held lectures in course of commercial law at the Management Department of the University in Zadar and in courses of labour law, health and social legislation in the Department of Health Studies at the University of Zadar. She graduated from the Faculty of Law of the University of Zagreb and after graduation enrolled in the Postgraduate Scientific Study of “Maritime Law and the Law of the Sea” at the Faculty of Law of the University in Split. During the Postgraduate Studies she showed interest in the majority of courses, especially in the matter of maritime property law. The postgraduate master’s degree studies at the Faculty of Law of the University of Split she finished with the thesis ”Contracts on Towing Operation at Sea“. She also finished PhD at Faculty of Law of the University of Rijeka with the thesis “Bareboat Charter”. She lived and worked in London for the British-Croatian Chamber of Commerce. She is the author of a scientific monograph titled “Bareboat Charter” and many scientific and professional papers.