Currently, the ILA has 20 active committees and 8 study groups that analyse specific facets of private and public international law.

The ILA's membership ranges from lawyers in private practices, academia, government and the judiciary, to non-lawyer experts from commercial, industrial and financial spheres, and representatives of bodies such as shipping and arbitration organisations and chambers of commerce.

[2] Archives of the ILA are held at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, and contain records dating back from its early years, right up to the current century.

Committees are created to allow the ILA to separate its work into various subcategories and assign a specific group of people to become experts in that issue area.

Each committee seeks to develop their area of law through research, surveys and reports to share their findings.

In order to be selected the candidates must prove that they have significant expertise in that area as well as enthusiasm and willingness to contribute and actively work with the Committee.

[7] Goals of the Scholarship Fund include reaching those who would not otherwise know about the ILA and it's work, as well as spreading awareness and access to under represented or underdeveloped countries.

Since its founding in 2014, the Scholarship Fund has awarded 74 individuals the opportunity to attend either Regional or Biennial conferences.