AAPL Annual Meeting

The AAPL Annual Meeting is the largest gathering with over 700 Forensic Psychiatrists, Psychiatrists, Residents, Fellows, Students, and others coming together from around the world for education, networking, and discussions. The Annual Meeting represents the seminal educational offering from the Academy in the advancement of Forensic Psychology practice.

Goals

To inform attendees about current major issues in forensic psychiatry and afford them opportunities to refresh skills in the fundamentals of the discipline, engage in discussion with peers on the standards governing the profession, and update their present knowledge.

Purpose

Through the education process, the Academy desires to:

promote the exchange of ideas and experiences that enrich the field of psychiatry and the law,
provide practical knowledge for members and others with an interest in this area,
foster the development of future psychiatrists in this field, and
encourage research.

Next Annual Meeting

56th Annual Meeting

Transparency: Embracing What We Know and Don’t Know

Early Bird Rates End: August 31, 2025

October 30 – November 2, 2025

Boston Marriott Copley Place
110 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02116

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Target Audiences

AAPL Forensic Pyschiatrist members
Psychiatrists interested in Forensic Psychiatry,
Forensic Psychiatry Residents and Fellows
Psychiatry students
Members of the Legal Profession

Content Areas

Each educational offering of the Academy shall have as content areas subjects that improve skills in at least one of the following:

Practice: including treatment of forensic patients and forensic examinations in the criminal and civil context, development of service delivery and risk management strategies, and enhancement of consultative abilities at the interface of psychiatry and the law;
Teaching: including developing new and improving existing methods of forensic training of psychiatrists; and
Research: including the development and application of scientific data in areas that form the basis for practice of the discipline.

The scope of the Academy’s educational activities includes Forensic Psychiatric aspects of civil, criminal, and correctional issues, and other related topics.

Accreditation

The American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians.

The American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law designates this live activity for a maximum of 31.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

AAPL Code of Conduct at Events

AAPL has a goal to provide a welcoming environment for all participants at its activities. Participants are expected and required to engage in appropriate conduct and maintain a professional demeanor at all times. Any participants who failed to meet these expectations may be removed from any AAPL event or activities and other appropriate disciplinary measures may be taken.