University of Texas at Austin

The Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship at Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin is a one-year, ACGME-accredited program preparing psychiatrists to lead at the intersection of mental health and the justice system. Launching its first class in 2025, the fellowship draws the strengths of Austin’s academic and health-focused institutions — including Austin State Hospital, Integral Care, the Travis County Sheriff’s Office and Ascension Seton — to provide robust, interdisciplinary training. Fellows gain experience providing expert psychiatric consultation in legal contexts and delivering care within correctional and community-based settings. Through collaborative learning across Texas medical schools, the program equips graduates to address critical system gaps and drive forward equitable, person-centered solutions in forensic psychiatry.

The Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship is affiliated with Dell Med’s Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.

University of Texas Health San Antonio

The UT Health San Antonio Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship is a one-year, full-time ACGME-accredited program offering comprehensive training in criminal, civil, correctional, and military/veteran forensic psychiatry.

Fellows gain hands-on experience conducting court-ordered evaluations (competency, criminal responsibility, risk assessments), consulting at the San Antonio State Hospital, and treating detainees in the Bexar County Adult and Juvenile Detention Centers. The program includes private civil forensic practice rotations and a robust didactic curriculum featuring weekly statewide forensic seminars, landmark case reviews, and preparation for the forensic board exam.

Fellows receive close supervision, weekly one-on-one preceptorship, and opportunities to teach residents and medical students. Elective options allow specialization in areas such as juvenile, military, veteran, and geriatric forensic psychiatry, as well as auditing law courses. Tailored tracks are available for those with backgrounds in child and adolescent psychiatry or military service. The program emphasizes academic scholarship, with protected time for quality improvement projects and board preparation. Fellows benefit from a structured workload, no call duties, and training across diverse legal and clinical systems throughout South Texas.

University of Nebraska Medical Center

The University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) offers a one-year, full-time, ACGME-accredited fellowship in forensic psychiatry.

The program provides comprehensive training in criminal and civil law, with a strong emphasis on public psychiatry, ethics, and sociocultural factors impacting justice-involved individuals.

Fellows train alongside experienced forensic psychiatrists, judges, attorneys, and psychologists, with opportunities to engage in mental health policy through Nebraska’s unicameral legislature.

The fellowship also collaborates with the Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska (BHECN), a statewide leader in workforce development and behavioral health reform.

Graduates are prepared for careers in academic, correctional, and public or private forensic psychiatry settings.

About Omaha:

Omaha is a welcoming, mid-sized city offering an affordable cost of living, walkable neighborhoods, a vibrant arts and dining scene, and nationally ranked attractions like the Henry Doorly Zoo.

With a strong medical and academic community, Omaha is an ideal environment for training and professional development.

University of Texas at Tyler

The University of Texas at Tyler School of Medicine Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship received ACGME accreditation in February 2025. This one-year fellowship provides advanced training in the practice of forensic psychiatry, preparing physicians for independent practice and eligibility for the ABPN subspecialty board examination.

Clinical training takes place across three primary forensic sites: the TDCJ Skyview Unit, Rusk State Hospital, and Terrell State Hospital. Fellows gain extensive experience in competency and sanity evaluations, risk assessments, treatment of justice-involved individuals, forensic report writing, and expert testimony in both criminal and civil settings.

The fellowship’s didactic curriculum is offered jointly through the Texas Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship Collaboration, which brings together fellows and faculty from across the state for shared teaching, case discussion, and exposure to a wide variety of expertise. Fellows are also encouraged to engage in scholarly activity, teaching, and quality improvement projects during their training year.

Tyler, Texas, provides a supportive and family-friendly environment for training, with affordable living, excellent schools, and convenient access to major metropolitan areas such as Dallas, Houston, and Shreveport.

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship

Program Description: The Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship Program is an ACGME-accredited, one-year fellowship with two positions, designed to equip psychiatrists with the expertise needed to navigate the intersection of psychiatry and law. Our mission is to offer exceptional training in forensic psychiatry while fostering an environment that cultivates our fellows into ethical leaders and educators. The program is run by experienced, board-certified forensic psychiatrists who are committed to providing top-tier education and mentorship. Fellows engage in comprehensive educational sessions, including a year-long intensive didactic curriculum covering essential forensic topics, case conferences, mock trials, grand rounds, lectures on landmark cases, and research and scholarship seminars. This rigorous academic structure ensures that graduates emerge well-prepared to handle complex forensic psychiatric issues with confidence and expertise.
The fellowship provides exposure to a wide range of forensic evaluations, including both criminal cases—such as competency to stand trial and criminal responsibility assessments—and civil cases, including malpractice and involuntary hospitalization. Fellows rotate through various sites offering diverse clinical experiences, including correctional psychiatry at the Montford Unit (inpatient hospital) and Clements Unit (outpatient/telehealth). These facilities offer unique opportunities in emergency services and specialized treatment tracks, covering mood, psychotic, and impulse control disorders, neurocognitive conditions, seriously mentally ill populations, and aggressive-mentally ill treatment program. The combination of structured education, hands-on forensic exposure, and diverse clinical experiences ensures that graduates of the Texas Tech fellowship program are exceptionally equipped for careers in forensic and correctional psychiatry.
Our sites include the following: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, John Montford Unit, William Clements Unit, Lubbock County Detention Center, and Lubbock County Juvenile Justice Center.

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship

Program Description: Amid the cultural and clinical complexity of a West Texas border community, TTH EP offers extensive training in correctional psychiatry and forensic evaluations for a diverse population, including juveniles. Fellows collaborate closely with multidisciplinary teams and gain experience balancing evaluations and clinical care with teaching and research. Fellows work with the state hospital, local mental health authority, correctional facilities, and multiple government agencies. They attend statewide expert-led didactics via participation in the Texas Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship Collaborative. The program is centered in El Paso, TX with training sites located within a 25-minute drive from our office location.

University of Minnesota, Fellowship in Forensic Psychiatry

The University of Minnesota Fellowship training in Forensic Psychiatry is a 12 month full time program focused on developing the skills, knowledge, and attitudes leading to proficiency in the following domains:
– Provision of psychiatric expertise in legal matters
– Systems issues involved in mental health care delivery to forensic populations
– Legal regulation of psychiatric practice

The program is based in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities campus. Additional clinical training is provided at the following sites:
– Forensic Mental Health Program at St. Peter Regional Treatment Center
– Twin Cities Metro Area Court Clinics – Center for New Americans at the University of Minnesota Law School

The faculty includes seven fellowship trained forensic psychiatrists, a child psychiatrist and three doctorate level psychologists. In addition, law school faculty, district court judges and experts in practice in the community regularly take classes for fellows. During the course of their training fellows familiarize themselves with the core medico-legal issues in a myriad of criminal and civil settings. Didactics cover the core theoretical aspects in forensic psychiatry including landmarks cases of precedential value, and clinical training includes hands on experience in the application of statistical tools and psychological tests that aid forensic evaluations.

Apart from annual stipend and benefits, program benefits also include fully paid trips to attend the annual meeting of AAPL and the three day review course immediately preceding the meeting.

University of Arizona Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship Program

The University of Arizona College of Medicine Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship is a one-year full-time, fully accredited training program offered by the UACOM Department of Psychiatry. The program combines a comprehensive didactic curriculum with an extensive and varied array of forensic experiences.
The experiential component of the fellowship includes supervised site placements at the Arizona Department of Corrections and the UA Department of Psychiatry where the fellow gains experience with legal, correctional, and mental health systems which directly impact forensic psychiatric practice. Fellows are active participants in the department’s medical student and resident teaching programs and the fellow’s year is expected to culminate in a year-end research presentation. Fringe benefits include funding for the AAPL Conference, $800 book allowance, and a meal card.
Fellows are provided many opportunities to gain experience as well as to consult with attorneys and courts, such as:
• Court-ordered forensic evaluations of adult and child cases
• Examination and treatment of criminal offenders in prison and jail setting
• Dangerousness assessments
• Civil assessments for involuntary hospitalization, treatment over objection, outpatient commitment and guardianship
• Child custody
• Mental health court-based diversion
• Correctional health administration

The UA College of Medicine is located in multicultural Tucson, Arizona which offers a sunny climate suitable for year-round outdoor sports and a reasonable cost of living.
Requirements:
• Adult Psychiatry Residency Program Certificate
• License to practice medicine in the state of Arizona
Please include 2 Writing Samples (1- Forensic Evaluation preferred)
• Application –
http://psychiatry.arizona.edu/academic-programs/arizona-forensic-psychiatry-fellowship/applying-fellowship
• Submission to [email protected]

University of California, Irvine, Program in Psychiatry and the Law

UC Irvine’s Program in Psychiatry and the Law includes training at a world-class university, housed within the UC Irvine School of Medicine and with access to the UC Irvine School of Law. Our close relationship with California’s Department of State Hospitals (DSH) ensures access to the world’s largest forensic psychiatric hospital system, and our faculty include experts in the law, forensic psychiatry and psychology and advanced psychopharmacology amongst a forensic inpatient population of the severely mentally ill.

We also offer competitive salary and benefits, support for travel and conference attendance and active research on forensic topics.

Stanford University School of Medicine, Forensic Psychiatry fellowship

Thank you for your interest in Stanford’s forensic psychiatry fellowship program. Our mission is to train the next generation of leaders in forensic psychiatry embodying the highest standards of ethics, scientific rigor, scholarship, and professionalism.

Correctional rotations are based in the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) system, primarily at San Quentin and CMF (California Medical Facility, a California State prison dedicated to inmates with medical and psychiatric needs). Fellows with a particular interest in exploring a career in correctional psychiatry leadership may elect to rotate with the chief of psychiatry and other administrative leaders in the CDCR to gain deep systems-level knowledge. Fellows may also have the opportunity to testify in administrative law hearings, such as PC2602 involuntary medication hearings.

Fellows rotate at the VA PM&R inpatient and outpatient units with the goal of developing particular expertise in evaluating claims of brain damage and other biological factors in leading to offensive behaviors, guiding sentencing determinations, and assessing disability.

Fellows participate in the Santa Clara County court panel to perform court-appointed forensic psychiatric examinations including competency to stand trial evaluations and evaluations of criminal responsibility. These evaluations provide ample opportunity for supervised preparation of forensic psychiatric reports in criminal contexts.

Our program’s didactic curriculum connects fellows to a diverse network of forensic psychiatrists and psychologists. Program faculty meet with fellows in weekly case conferences to share insights on the forensic assessment, report-writing, and planning for testimony in a wide range of civil and criminal cases.

Our fellowship is integrated with the Stanford School of Law. Fellows can elect to participate in didactics at the School of Law, which include courses on Neuroethics by Hank Greely, Mental Health Law, and Criminal Law. In addition, fellows interface with law students on a range of cases as part of the Law Student Clinic.

Fellows have protected time throughout the year to access and participate in a wide range of research efforts in the Law School, School of Medicine, Center for Biomedical Ethics, and Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute. Stanford is fortunate to house all its schools on one unified campus, thus enabling ideal conditions for cross-fertilization and idea incubation, which drive innovation and scholarship.