[1] The LAI is a non-profit organization whose main purpose is to regulate sports amongst its member institutions.

[2] The league is best known for its flagship inter-collegiate sports event locally called Las Justas which takes place yearly during the month of April, generally in the city of Ponce.

[3] The League began celebrating three sports events amongst its member institutions in 1929; Baseball, Basketball, and Athletics.

Every year the league hosts the Justas de Atletismo y Festival Deportivo, their flagship sports competition event.

The "Junta de Gobierno" chooses an employee called "The Commissioner" who is appointed to act as executive officer of the LAI for a period of two years.