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AAPL Memberships & Services

Mission Statement

AAPL’s mission is to promote the highest standards of performance
for all land professionals, to advance their stature, and to encourage
sound & ethical stewardship of energy and mineral resources.

 

The American Association of Professional Landmen is a voluntary professional organization that unites more than 20,000 landmen and land-related persons through professional development and service.

AAPL is made up of men and women with varied educational backgrounds. The majority have business degrees, and many have expanded their scope with law degrees. In the past 30 years, numerous landmen have come from the petroleum land and energy management degree programs offered by several universities. AAPL members work for major oil companies, large and small independent companies and as self-employed independent landmen.

Under the direction of its volunteer leadership and a professional staff, AAPL provides its members professional development opportunities through seminars, workshops, home study programs, conferences, annual meetings, the bimonthly Landman and Landman 2 magazines, the membership Directory (both in printed and online formats), workbooks, institutes, industry forms and contracts as well as the Registered Landman (RL), Registered Professional Landman (RPL), Certified Professional Landman (CPL) programs, the AAPL website (www.landman.org) and the industry-renowned NAPE® Expos.

AAPL provides background information on energy issues to U.S. Senate, House and special governmental committee hearings; to state/province and federal agencies and legislative aides; to the media; and to community and special interest groups. AAPL is a governing member of the Energy & Mineral Law Foundation, the LSU Mineral Law Foundation, the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation and has representation on many other industry organization boards.

AAPL provides service to the land profession and the industry with the enforcement of the AAPL Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice. AAPL also provides speakers on energy, mineral and environmental issues and career development programs.

AAPL works closely with universities which have approved land management degree programs. AAPL provides scholarships, curriculum direction, industry speakers and advisors, employment opportunity contacts and industry field trips.

The American Association of Professional Landmen is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, and has 44 affiliated local associations throughout the United States and Canada.

AAPL Membership

Membership in AAPL is open to all land professionals primarily engaged in landwork, persons associated with or who supervise landwork and students enrolled in AAPL accredited university land management degree programs. Recognizing the dynamics of the land profession, AAPL has adopted specific definitions for landwork, land professional and landmen. Landwork includes negotiating for the acquisition or divestiture of mineral rights; negotiating business agreements that provide for the exploration for and/or development of minerals; determining ownership in minerals through the research of public and private records; reviewing the status of title, curing title defects and otherwise reducing title risk associated with ownership in minerals; managing rights and/or obligations derived from ownership of interests in minerals; and unitizing or pooling of interests in minerals. A land professional is a person who derives his/her income from performing landwork. A landman is defined as a land professional who has been primarily engaged in negotiating for the acquisition or divestiture of mineral rights and/or negotiating business agreements for exploring for and/or developing minerals.

Membership in AAPL currently runs for a 12-month period, July 1 through June 30. AAPL membership renewals for the next period will be e-mailed in the spring of 2018 and will be due July 1, 2018. Annual dues include subscriptions to the Landman magazine, Landman 2 magazine and the annual AAPL Membership Directory. Special member rates are provided for the Annual Meeting and Conference, regional institutes and other continuing professional education programs. AAPL membership also provides access to insurance programs and certain travel discount rates as well as a special online “members only” section of the AAPL website.

MEMBERSHIP CATEGORIES

Active Membership

Available to land professionals who have a four-year college degree (or who have four years of landwork experience), have obtained the required sponsorships, are classified as exempt employees or independent contractors and agree to abide by AAPL’s Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice. Active membership is required to apply for the Registered Landman, Registered Professional Landman or Certified Professional Landman designations.

Associate Membership

Available to those persons associated with landwork, to those who supervise landwork or to those actively engaged in landwork who do not qualify for Active membership.

Student Membership

Available to persons enrolled in an AAPL approved university degree program for the education of land professionals.

Senior Membership

May be conferred, upon application to and approval by the Board of Directors, on any Active Member who is at least 65 years of age, has at least 15 years active experience in landwork and has been an Active member for 15 consecutive years immediately preceding the submission of the application for Senior Membership status. Senior Members will pay a reduced amount of dues, as prescribed by the Board of Directors, and shall enjoy all the privileges of an Active Member.

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