Student members with an accepted first author presentation for the 2025 AP-LS Conference are eligible and highly encouraged to apply for a Student Presentation Award.
The AP-LS Student Committee will be awarding ten (10) student presentation awards at the 2025 AP-LS Conference, totaling $1,750. These awards include:
Two (2) Outstanding Student Paper awards ($200 each);
Two (2) Outstanding Student Abbreviated Paper (“Data Blitz”) awards ($175 each);
Two (2) Outstanding Student Poster awards ($150 each); and
Four (4) specialty awards, which can be posters, abbreviated papers, or papers.
These include:
One (1) Outstanding Student Presentation in Diversity-Related Research award ($175), for research directly related to underrepresented or marginalized populations.
One (1) Outstanding Student Presentation in Corrections Research award ($175), for research directly related to correctional settings.
One (1) Outstanding Student Presentation in Legal Research award ($175), for research directly related to the law or legal practice.
One (1) Outstanding Student Presentation in Novel-Topic Research award ($175), for research on a topic not traditionally studied in law and psychology.
Full information on submission criteria, submission instructions, and the evaluation process is available on the student committee website.
Completed submissions are due on the date of the deadline by 11:59 PM EST. Late or incomplete submissions will not be considered.