About Us

Established in November 1995. The Australasian College of Legal Medicine provides a network for doctors and dentists who have completed dual qualifications in law and medicine or dentistry, or forensic medicine, or whose areas of practice are impacted by the law and who have consequently elected to undertake internal College or external training to gain at least a basic understanding of the law as it applies to their practices for the benefit of their patients.

What is Legal Medicine?

The term Legal Medicine represents four broad areas of medical practice; encapsulating the fields of Civil Legal Medicine, Criminal or Forensic Legal Medicine, Medical Ethics and medical practice areas affected by statute law, such as the Health Insurance Act, Trade Practices Act, etc.

ACLM Education

ACLM currently conducts five short courses - Law Intensive 1 & 2, Expert Report Writing, Expert Witness Training, and Cause of Death Certificate Workshop (Queensland). Courses are open to all health care practitioners, with a particular emphasis on medical and dental practitioners.

Annual Scientific Meetings are held to discuss a variety of medico-legal themes relevant to medical professionals. The program normally features both guest and College speakers, and there is an open call for papers in the months leading up to the meeting. These meetings are held in a different location each year.