Distinguished Contributions to Psychology and Law

Honors one who has made distinguished theoretical, empirical, and/or applied contributions to the field of psychology and law.
Distinguished Career
Sponsor

AP-LS Executive Committee

Deadline

December 1, 2026

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The AP-LS Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology and Law honors one who has made distinguished theoretical, empirical and/or applied contributions to the field of psychology and law. This award will not be presented on a regular basis. Rather, it will be reserved for those individuals whose contributions are so unusual as to merit special commendation.

This award is not exclusively for AP-LS members, and anyone who meets these criteria may be nominated.

All nominations should be sent in a single file Word or pdf format to AP-LS Past President by January 1.

TipNominations must include:

  • A copy of the nominee’s CV

  • A letter detailing the nominee’s distinguished contributions to psychology and law

  • Names and addresses of four individuals who are familiar with the nominee’s work and who would be able to address the nominee’s contributions to the field of psychology and law (or additional letters from these four individuals).

Self-nominations will not be considered.

2025
Margaret Bull Kovera, Ph.D.
2024
Roy Malpass, Ph.D.
2023
Patricia A. Griffin and Ronald Fisher, Ph.D.
2022
Linda A. Teplin
2021
Randy K. Otto
2018
James Ogloff
2017
Michael Saks
2016
Kirk Heilbrun and Chris Slobogin
2015
Gail Goodman
2014
Saul Kassin
2013
Michael E. Lamb
2012
Thomas Grisso
2011
Norman Poythress
2010
Ronald Roesch
2008
Elizabeth Loftus
2006
Stanley Brodsky
2005
Janet Reno
2001
Gary Wells
1998
Larry Wrightsman
1992
Bruce Sales
1990
Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun
1988
John Monahan and Laurens Walker
1986
Saleem Shah (First time awarded)