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.

Oklahoma State University, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

The Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship in partnership with the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services provides an extensive one-year training in both civil and criminal forensic psychiatry. The teaching staff consists of two forensic psychiatrists, one forensic psychologist, one attorney who is also a clinical psychologist, one forensic neuropsychologist, and one child and adolescent psychiatrist.

The forensic fellows receive their clinical training at Oklahoma Forensic Center providing patient care for those previously adjudicated Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity/Mental Illness as well as patients receiving competency to stand trial restoration. The fellows will conduct regular forensic evaluations, including both adjudicative competence and violence risk assessments, through the Oklahoma Forensic Center. Fellows will also perform legally complex forensic psychiatry consultations through Tulsa Center for Behavioral Health and Oklahoma State University Medical Center. Additionally, fellows will have the opportunity to work with legal counsel performing forensic psychiatric consultation services.

The weekly forensic psychiatry didactic courses include a Landmark Case Seminar, a Forensic Case Seminar (covering criminal, civil, adult and juvenile cases), a Forensic Topics Didactic Seminar, and a Forensic Psychological Testing/Research Seminar. Extensive supervision is provided in forensic report writing and testifying in legal settings. In addition, fellows are trained to administer, score, and testify on a range of structured assessment instruments including the assessment of general and sexual violence risk, malingering of psychosis, traumatic reactions, and cognitive impairment, competency to stand trial, and juvenile competency and risk assessment.

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

Baylor College of Medicine

The Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship at the Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Baylor College of Medicine is a full-time one-year training program that accepts two fellows per year. Our program is an Accreditation Council of Graduation Medical Education accredited fellowship. Fellows will receive thorough training in civil, criminal, correctional/carceral, and other legal aspects related to the practice of forensic and general psychiatry. This training will be through seminars learning the theory, law, and background for practicing psychiatry while learning and demonstrating the practical clinical and consultative skills inherent to expert forensic psychiatric practice. Additionally, fellows will learn skills related to advocacy and public policy. By the end of training, fellows will be well equipped to practice forensic psychiatry at the highest level and prepared to successfully pass the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology’s Forensic Psychiatry certification exam.
Our program’s mission is to train exceptional forensic psychiatrists that provide high-quality care to a diverse patient population, particularly those who are underserved or incarcerated, and that embody high standards of ethics, leadership, scholarship, and professionalism. We intend for our fellows to become physician leaders who excel in the interface between psychiatry and the law with an eye towards advancing the cause of forensic psychiatry, and psychiatry as a whole, in Texas and the larger United States.
Seminars will cover a variety of civil and criminal forensic psychiatry topics, a landmark case series, mock trial, and health equity series. Residents will rotate at multiple sites, including the Harris County Jail, the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, the Menninger Clinic, and the Baylor Psychiatry Clinic. Fellows will also have the opportunity to volunteer with the local chapter of Physicians for Human Rights. The faculty include 5 ABPN board-certified forensic psychiatrists, multiple of whom have extensive experience working with residents. Fringe benefits include paid support for the annual meeting of AAPL, the AAPL Forensic Psychiatry Review Course, and additional educational funds.

John S. Dunn Behavioral Sciences Center at UTHealth Houston

The Louis A. Faillace, MD, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at UTHealth Houston at McGovern Medical School offers an ACGME-accredited one-year, full-time Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship Program designed to cultivate expertise in forensic psychiatry. Recognized as a subspecialty by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN), our program offers world-class training at the intersection of mental health and the law, which covers civil, criminal, and administrative law, as well as the evaluation and specialized treatment of individuals involved with the legal system, including those in jails, participating in the sex offender clinic and forensic psychiatric hospitals. Through a combination of a comprehensive didactic curriculum and supervised clinical experiences, fellows gain proficiency in all aspects of forensic psychiatry, learning to provide expert services in civil and criminal forensic evaluations to enhance the understanding of psychiatric treatment principles within forensic settings.
The program is partnering with Rice University’s Department of Bioethics to provide a shared experience of bioethics with the graduate students of the Medical Humanities Program. The classes are led by Dr. Samuel Reis-Dennis, Assistant professor of the Department of Philosophy, Director of Graduate Studies, and Assistant Professor for the Medical Humanities Program at Rice University.

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.