In the course of their clinical forensic consultations, trainees are exposed to court proceedings, legal depositions, and other related activities. Trainees have to produce forensic reports and make presentations to judges, lawyers and other legal bodies. Forensic consultation is taught in an intensive three-month course each spring, culminating in a Mock Board experience. Research Training Trainees also participate in the didactic seminars pertaining to research education. During the first year, trainees will meet with selected mentors in the area of their particular interest in order to commence the formulation of a small, but significant, project to be carried out during the second year.
Fellows typically find a mentor within the faculty, but other arrangements can be made.
Mentors may also be selected from another department at Stanford as well as at institutions such as University of California, Berkeley, and University of California, San Francisco. The goal is for most trainees to complete a publishable paper by the end of their fellowship. Most trainees will progress further than this and will pursue their own research projects beyond the scope of their fellowship. Interdisciplinary research is strongly encouraged. The division provides financial support for some research projects and presentations at national meetings.