Meeting/Event Information

Save $70 with code LOCAL70. Members of AAPL and MAPL can take $70 off standard registration with promo code LOCAL70, valid on new registrations made after September 26. Register at landman.org.

AAPL's 2026 Gulf Coast Land Institute (GCLI) is co-presented by AAPL with the Baton Rouge, Lafayette and New Orleans professional landmen's associations. MAPL is passing this along for members who would like to attend.

Wednesday-Thursday, October 14-15, 2026
Golden Nugget Lake Charles, 2550 Golden Nugget Blvd., Lake Charles, LA 70601

Registration opens at noon Wednesday, with education sessions Wednesday afternoon, a networking reception Wednesday evening, and a full day of sessions Thursday. Topics include the orphan well program and unleased-owner reporting, energy legislative initiatives, cyber threats and fraud, coastal ocean processes, a Louisiana-Mississippi unitization panel, oil and gas bankruptcies, energy demands, AI in land work, and master service agreements.

Credits: Certified AAPL members can earn 12.5 CEUs. CLE credit is available for Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas and Oklahoma attorneys.

Registration (through AAPL): standard pricing is now $369 for AAPL members and $529 for non-members. Members of AAPL and MAPL save $70 with code LOCAL70.

Financial help from AAPL: the September 30 deadline to apply for AAPL's Professional Development Assistance Program (PDAP) for this event has passed. Questions: [email protected] or 817-847-7700.

Hotel: Golden Nugget group rate $149 + tax, group code PLO14A, 844-777-GOLD (group-rate deadline has passed or is imminent - book directly with the hotel if rooms remain).

Also: the Lafayette Association of Professional Landmen hosts its 8th annual Fishing Tournament on Calcasieu Lake on Friday, October 16.

This event is not registered through the MAPL website. Register and see the full schedule, speakers and hotel information at landman.org - Gulf Coast Land Institute.