In 2014, the Mineral Law Institute established a Distinguished Service Award to honor individuals who have rendered extraordinary service to the Mineral Law Institute or mineral law education. The Award is not granted every year, but is granted when the MLI Advisory Council makes a determination that some individual’s service should be given special recognition.
Past Recipients
| 2014 | Marc Dupuy, Jr. |
| 2015 | J. Lanier Yeates |
| 2016 | Thomas A. Harell John J. McCollam |
| 2017 | Arnold J. Johnson |
| 2022 | Patrick S. Ottinger |