Symposia:

A symposium is a 60-to-80-minute session with multiple presentations (i.e., papers) focused on a single topic. This includes an independent discussant/chair and a minimum of 3 papers and no more than 5 papers.

• A 400–500-word abstract for each paper in the symposium.
  
  • Abstracts should concisely explain the purpose and content of the paper.
    
  • Abstracts for empirical studies, literature reviews, and meta-analyses should include the following sections: Objectives, Method, Results, Conclusions, and Implications.
    
  • Abstracts for case studies, theoretical, and methodological studies should include the following sections: Purpose, Description, Assessment, and Conclusions.
    
• A 1000-word summary of the overall symposium content submitted as a pdf document.
  
  • The summary should include 3-4 learning objectives.
    
  • When submitting the Summary in the Ex Ordo platform, please duplicate the title of your Symposium in all Title and Abstract text fields
    
• A CV for each presenter in pdf, including the independent discussant/chair.
  
• To ensure blind review, all proposal materials must be completely anonymized.
  

Papers:

A paper is a presentation describing an individual research topic or piece of legal scholarship. Accepted papers are clustered into 60-minute sessions, with 3-4 papers in each session. Whenever possible, papers are organized into themed sessions.

• A 400–500-word abstract.
  
  • Abstracts should concisely explain the purpose and content of the paper.
  • Abstracts for empirical studies, literature reviews, and meta-analyses should include the following sections: Objectives, Method, Results, Conclusions, and Implications.
  • Abstracts for case studies, theoretical, and methodological studies should include the following sections: Purpose, Description, Assessment, and Conclusions.
  • Abstracts should include 1-2 learning objectives.
• To ensure blind review, all proposal materials must be completely anonymized.
  

Data-Blitz:

A data-blitz is face-paced, 5-minute presentation (limited to 3 PowerPoint slides) covering a bite-sized piece of emerging psycho-legal research. Accepted proposals are clustered into 60-minute sessions, with approximately 10 data-blitz es in each session. Whenever possible, data-blitzes are loosely organized by topic.

• A 400–500-word abstract.
  
  • Abstracts should concisely explain the purpose and content of the data-blitz.
  • Abstracts for empirical studies, literature reviews, and meta-analyses should include the following sections: Objectives, Method, Results, Conclusions, and Implications.
  • Abstracts for case studies, theoretical, and methodological studies should include the following sections: Purpose, Description, Assessment, and Conclusions.
  • Abstracts should include 1-2 learning objectives.
• To ensure blind review, all proposal materials must be completely anonymized.
  

Posters:

A poster is a concise, visual summary of research or legal scholarship that is displayed on a large poster board (e.g., 4’ x 6’). Accepted posters are presented during one of two evening poster sessions, typically Friday and Saturday evening, during the conference. They are not organized by topic. While not required, we encourage presenters to adhere to the APA Convention Poster Instructions, including the use of the “Better Poster” format.

• A 400–500-word abstract.
  
  • Abstracts should concisely explain the purpose and content of the poster.
  • Abstracts for empirical studies, literature reviews, and meta-analyses should include the following sections: Objectives, Method, Results, Conclusions, and Implications.
  • Abstracts for case studies, theoretical, and methodological studies should include the following sections: Purpose, Description, Assessment, and Conclusions.
  • Abstracts should include 1-2 learning objectives.
• To ensure blind review, all proposal materials must be completely anonymized.
  

Call for Reviewers:

• Reviewers, including professional and graduate student reviewers, are invited for all content areas.
• Proposals will be distributed for review in late October.
• Reviews will be due in late November, prior to Thanksgiving.
• How do I become a reviewer for the 2026 AP-LS Annual Conference?
  • If you are submitting a proposal, you will be prompted to indicate your interest in Ex Ordo during the online submission process. You will subsequently receive an email and prompted to complete a brief Reviewer Sign-Up Google Form.
  • If you are not submitting a proposal, or if you would like to complete the Reviewer Sign-Up Google Form now, please select this link.

If you have any questions or comments about the conference, please contact the conference co-chairs at [email protected]

2026 AP-LS Conference Co-Chairs
Luna Filipović, Ph.D. Cantab
& Heath Hodges, Ph.D., M.L.S., ABPP (Forensic)