[1] The Foundation is governed by a Board of Directors and guided by a Trustees Council that includes representatives from constituent law schools, bar associations, and mining and oil and gas associations.
[2] Leading legal, land, and other experts work as volunteers to the Foundation and its committees.
In fulfilling its goals, the Foundation carries out varied programs of interest to attorneys, landmen, management, government personnel, law faculty, students, and others involved in mining, oil and gas, energy, water, public lands, and related areas of natural resources law.
These programs include institutes, short courses, and workshops[3] in various locations around the world.
In addition to institutes and courses, the Foundation publishes a variety of educational materials: The Foundation offers grants to promote scholarship, research, writing, teaching, and the study of natural resources and energy law and related fields.