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Embracing Leadership is designed to provide American Psychology-Law Society (APA Division 41) members with practical training in leadership and with leadership opportunities. The goals of the program are:

1. Provide training for interested members in a variety of leadership skills that could benefit their careers broadly

2. Cultivate interest in leadership within the Division

3. Provide leadership opportunities within the Division

4. Prepare our members to take on leadership challenges

Embracing Leadership will have four activities that will take place over one year, beginning in March of 2025. These activities include:

1. A workshop on leadership on the Wednesday prior to the AP-LS conference

2. Webinars on leadership topics that will occur bimonthly (once every other month), on
   the first Monday of the month (that is not a holiday) at 9AM west coast time

3. Connecting participants to a mentor already in leadership in the Division

4. Providing opportunities for leadership within the Division by completing an initiative
   with AP-LS leadership

Applicants are welcome from all career levels, including applicants who are students, ECPs, mid-career, and beyond.

To apply, please fill out the Qualtrics survey linked HERE where you will upload your CV and statement of interest. The statement of interest should provide a brief summary (up to 500 words) of where you are in your career, what interests you about leadership development, what leadership roles you have had, and what (if any) leadership roles you would like to obtain in the future.

Applications are due December 31, 2024. Applicants will be notified about decisions by January 15th of 2025.

If you have any questions about the program or application process, please contact James Andretta (TTC-Chair) at ttc@ap-ls.org.

**Note: As part of the application process, some basic demographic information will be collected through the Qualtrics survey that can be used to track applicants and participants as part of the evaluation of the program. It will help us determine who applies and who is accepted.

The  AP-LS  Professional Development of Women Committee is thrilled to offer  Caregiving Grants of $250-$700  for  20-30 attendees of AP-LS 2024 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. We will give priority to first authors, presenters, students, and early career professionals. This grant is open to any AP-LS member (student and non-student) who serves as a caregiver in any capacity (e.g., child, parent). Funds can be used for any caregiving needs that arise during the conference, including needs at the conference or at home.

Please apply at: https://universityofalabama.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4Jilv1WU81DVrGm  

Deadline  to apply:  December 31, 2024. We will notify grantees in late January 2025. Please contact PDW co-chairs, Jenni Cox (Jennifer.m.cox@ua.edu) and Sarah Fishel (srp2yc@uvahealth.org) with any questions.   

Interested in showcasing your work at APA’s annual convention? Submit a proposal!

If you have a theme or focus:

Division 41 is particularly interested in proposals that include cross-divisional programming and invite collaboration with other APA Divisions.

We are accepting proposals NOW until Wednesday, January 8. Presenting at APA 2025 is a great way to share your work with other psychologists, enhance your CV, and build your reputation. 

Do you know colleagues that should speak at APA 2025? Please help us spread the word! Great presenters help us deliver a great event.

APA 2025 will be held August 7-9 in Denver, CO. To learn more about the Convention, visit https://convention.apa.org. 

Please consider serving as a proposal reviewer—we welcome student reviewers! Visit https://tinyurl.com/Div41APA2025Review to sign up. 

To learn more, visit https://convention.apa.org/proposals or reach out to the Co-Chairs for Division 41 programming at APA 2025:

Tara Ryan, Ph.D. Forensic Evaluation Service, Oregon State Hospital, Salem, OR, USA. tararyan@gmail.com

Krystia Reed, J.D., Ph.D. Psychology Department, The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX, USA. kmreed2@utep.edu

The AP-LS Continuing Education (CE) Committee is pleased to offer 10 grants to students and/or early career psychologists (defined as 10 years or less since last terminal degree was awarded) to attend pre-conference CE workshops. For the latest information about the preconference workshops and the conference, please check the AP-LS website.

To apply for a pre-conference grant (which covers the workshop registration fee), please complete the application by Sunday, Jan 12, 2025, 11:59 PST. Grant recipients will be notified by Jan 27, 2025 (prior to the early registration rate deadline). Note: if you have already registered for a workshop, you can still apply and receive a refund for your registration fee. 

Contact ce@ap-ls.org with any questions. We look forward to receiving your applications!

Help Share Findings from APA’s Equity in
Promotion and Tenure Report

Help campus administrators and dossier reviewers know about the important factors that have unfairly disadvantaged scholars of color within academia. See the full report and a blueprint for administrators, and share the video summary with others.

APA’s Dissertation Research Awards

Looking for funds to support doctoral student research? APA’s Dissertation Research Awards program offers as many as 15 grants of up to $5,000 to doctoral students in psychological science to assist with research costs. Apply HERE by March 1, 2025.

APA Needs Your Voice

Serving on an APA board or committee gives you an opportunity to be directly involved in shaping the future of psychology. Register for our free webinar, November 20, to hear members of APA’s Committee on Early Career Psychologists (CECP) discuss how and why to become an elected or appointed leader at APA. Then nominate yourself or a colleague.

The AP-LS Broadening Representation, Inclusivity, Diversity, and Gender Equity (BRIDGE) committee is accepting applications for their 2024-2025 awards! The deadline for each award is January 15, 2025. Please see below for a brief description of each award and go to https://ap-ls.org/awards/ for more information on how to apply.

Access Path to Psychology and Law Experience (AP) Program: Provides financial support to students from groups currently underrepresented in the field and who are proposing research related to psychology and law. The AP program will award up to $3,000 per student, depending on the length of the proposed research experience.

Diversity in Psychology and Law Research Awards: Supports student research on psycholegal issues related to diversity or conducted by individuals from underrepresented groups. Each year the BRIDGE Committee will award up to five mini-grants in the amount of $1,000.

Diversity Travel Awards: Provides travel awards to students from underrepresented groups who are presenting research at the American Psychology-Law Society Conference. Seven awards in the amount of $500 are given each year.

Psychology, Public Policy, and Law (PPPL) seeks applications for the 2025 editorial board. A portion of the board will be rotated off each year so new people can become part of the board. As detailed in her inaugural editorial (Neal, in press), "early each fall, we will open a renewed call for editorial board members, where anyone can indicate their interest in being part of the editorial team” at any of the levels that will be open in each of the years of her editorship. Board members who served in 2024 can indicate their interest in remaining on the board, and new applicants can apply. The position descriptions and qualifications required for each role are detailed in this open call for editorial board members (Associate Editor(s), Consulting Board Members, Principal Reviewers, and Ad Hoc Reviewers).

Application Deadline: December 1, 2024.

Have you always wondered how people get to be reviewers for prestigious journals? Are you interested in becoming a reviewer for Law and Human Behavior, the official journal of AP-LS, but don’t know what that means or how to get experience with providing strong reviews? Do you have limited or no access to a mentor who can help provide this type of experience? If so, now is your chance to develop your reviewer skills! 

LHB Editor, Dave DeMatteo, and the LHB editorial team are continuing the Reviewer Mentoring Program in 2025. The program will kick off at the AP-LS Conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico with in-person training and will continue throughout the rest of the year.  

The program is designed to provide advanced graduate students (in 3rd, 4th or 5th years of study) and ECPs (within 10 years of last terminal degree) with training and mentoring specifically in conducting strong peer reviews. We will match a small group of Reviewer Mentees with LHB Editorial Board Mentors. Mentees will be assigned 1-2 manuscripts to review throughout 2025, under the guidance of their Mentor.  

If you would like to be considered for this program, please complete the application via this link by December 31, 2024.  

If you have questions about the program, please contact our Associate Editor, Jenni Cox (jennifer.m.cox@ua.edu) or Editor in Chief, Dave DeMatteo (dsd25@drexel.edu).  

Each year the AP-LS Teaching, Training, and Careers (TTC) Committee confers two awards for outstanding teaching and mentoring. These awards recognize teaching excellence in the field of psychology and law in a variety of contexts, specifically through the Outstanding Teaching and Mentoring Award and the Early Career Teaching and Mentoring Award. 

For more information about the awards, eligibility, and how to nominate yourself or others, please click: Teaching and Mentoring Awards

This year the TTC Committee is specifically soliciting nominations for individuals who have taught or mentored graduate and/or postdoctoral students (i.e., Category 2).

Winners will be announced at the 2025 AP-LS Conference. Award recipients receive $500, a plaque at the AP-LS conference, and the option to serve as a guest columnist for the AP-LS Newsletter.

Nominations are due by December 15, 2024. Nominations should be emailed to: ttc@apls.org

The American Psychology-Law Society invites students to apply for the Dissertation Awards, recognizing outstanding research at the intersection of psychology and law. Winners will present their work at the AP-LS Annual Conference. Submissions should demonstrate originality, quality, contribution to the field, clarity, and contributions to equity, diversity, and inclusion. Submit your dissertation and supporting documents via the AP-LS Dissertation Award Google Form by December 31.

For more information, visit AP-LS Dissertation Awards or contact dissertation@ap-ls.org.

According to our bylaws, “Full Members nominated for Fellow in the Society must provide evidence of unusual and outstanding contributions in the area of psychology and law. All candidates for Fellow must be endorsed by at least two Fellows of the Society. In addition, all candidates for Fellow must meet the requirements of the bylaws of the Association. Full Affiliates nominated for Distinguished Member in the Society must provide evidence of unusual and outstanding contributions in the area of psychology and law. All candidates for Distinguished Member must be endorsed by at least two Fellows or Distinguished Members of the Society.” 

Members nominated for Fellow or Distinguished member status through AP-LS must provide evidence of unusual and outstanding contributions in the area of psychology and law. The deadline for receipt of all application materials (nominee’s materials and endorsers’ materials) is December 1st. For Fellow status (unless you are already a Fellow in another division), apply through the APA Fellow portal (https://www.apa.org/members/your-membership/fellows/apply).

For Distinguished Member status and if you are already a Fellow in another APA division, email materials to ebrank2@unl.edu.

For more information about criteria for becoming a Fellow, see this page:  https://www.apa.org/members/your-membership/fellows/division-41.pdf

Call for paper for a Special Issue entitled “Understanding Risks and Protective Factors to Promote Health in Justice-Involved Youth” in the open access International Journal of Environmental and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601, Scopus and PubMed indexed, https://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph). Deadline for submissions is March 1, 2025.

More information can be found on the Special Issue website:
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph/special_issues/1K93SNY95Q

Please do not hesitate to contact the Editorial Office (harley.chen@mdpi.com) if you require any further information. 

Dr. Adam Schmidt and Dr. April G. Thomas

The American Psychology-Law Society invites proposals for new titles in its book series, which is now published by APA Books. We publish authored and edited volumes on current issues at the intersection of psychology and law. Books are typically a state of the science synthesis of a body of existing research with implications for practice and/or policy. Authors and editors should have a substantial and recent track record of publication and/or practice in psychology or law, and at least one should hold a doctorate in psychology or closely related behavioral science. If you have a proposal for a new book in the series or you would simply like more information, reach out to a member of the editorial team. We would be happy to tell you more.    

The editorial board members are:

For more information or if you wish to contact a member of the AP-LS Executive Committee, details can be found HERE.

EDITOR

Meg Ternes
meg.ternes@smu.ca

ASSOCIATE EDITOR

Taylor Petty

tepetty@usi.edu 

STUDENT ASSISTANT EDITOR

Jennifer McArthur

jennifer.mcarthur@dal.ca 

CONTENT EDITORS–RESEARCH BRIEFS

Kelly McWilliams
kmcwilliams@jjay.cuny.edu

Veronica Johnson
vjohnson@jjay.cuny.edu

CONTENT EDITOR–LEGAL UPDATE

Lori Hoetger
lhoetger@gmail.com

CONTENT EDITOR–TEACHING IN PSYCH & LAW

Casey LaDuke

ttc@ap-ls.org 

CONTENT EDITOR–CAREER CORNER

Jordan Donson
aplsstudent@gmail.com 

CONTENT EDITOR–CLINICAL & FORENSIC PRACTICE

Danielle Rynczak
danielle.rynczak@umassmed.edu

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