Enhancing well-being, justice, and human rights through the science and practice of psychology in legal contexts.

Welcome to the American Psychology-Law Society
(AP-LS).

We are Division 41 of the American Psychological Association.

AP-LS members and the organization itself work to advance the contributions of psychology to the understanding of law and legal institutions through basic and applied research; promote the education of psychologists in matters of law and the education of legal personnel in matters of psychology, including the appropriate use of psychologists in the legal system; and inform the psychological and legal communities and the general public of current research, educational and service activities in the field of psychology and law.