William Wesley Patton

U. S. C. Gould School of Law

699 Exposition Boulevard

Los Angeles, CA 90089-0071

United States

UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry

Assistant Clinical Vol Professor

760 Westwood Plaza

Los Angeles, CA 90095

United States

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Scholarly Papers (37)

1.

Opening Students’ Eyes: Visual Learning Theory in the Socratic Classroom

Law and Psychology Review, Vol. 15, pp. 1-18, 1991
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 26 Jul 2009
William Wesley Patton
U. S. C. Gould School of Law
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Severing Hansel from Gretel: An Analysis of Siblings' Association Rights

University of Miami Law Review, pp. 745-808, 1994
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 04 Aug 2009
William Wesley Patton and Sara Latz
U. S. C. Gould School of Law and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Admitting Law Graduates by Bar Examination Versus by a Diploma Privilege: A Comparison of Consumer Protection

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 22 Oct 2020
William Wesley Patton
U. S. C. Gould School of Law
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The World Where Parallel Lines Converge: The Privilege Against Self-Incrimination in Concurrent Civil and Criminal Child Abuse Proceedings

Georgia Law Review, Vol. 24, pp. 473-524, 1990
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 23 Jul 2009
William Wesley Patton
U. S. C. Gould School of Law
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Mommy's Gone, Daddy's in Prison, Now What About Me?: Family Reunification for Single Custodial Fathers in Prison - Will the Sins of Incarcerated Fathers Be Inherited by Their Children?

North Dakota Law Review, Vol. 75, pp. 179-205, 1999
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 16 Jul 2009
William Wesley Patton
U. S. C. Gould School of Law
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Viewing Child Witnesses Through a Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Lens: How Attorneys’ Ethical Duties Exacerbate Children’s Psychopathology

Widener Law Review, Vol. 16, No. 369, 2010
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 28 Oct 2011 Last Revised: 29 Oct 2011
William Wesley Patton
U. S. C. Gould School of Law
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Standards of Appellate Review for Denial of Counsel and Ineffective Assistance of Counsel in Child Protection and Parental Severance Cases

Loyola University Chicago Law Journal, Vol. 27, pp. 195-235, 1996
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 26 Jul 2009
William Wesley Patton
U. S. C. Gould School of Law
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The Reality of Concurrent Planning: Juggling Multiple Family Plans Expeditiously Without Sufficient Resources

UC Davis Journal of Juvenile Law & Policy, Vol. 9, pp. 171-194, 2005
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 22 Oct 2009
William Wesley Patton and Hon. Amy M. Pellman
U. S. C. Gould School of Law and Los Angeles Superior Court
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Law Schools' Duty to Train Children's Advocates: Blueprint for an Inexpensive Experientially Based Juvenile Justice Course

Juvinile & Family Court Journal, Vol. 45, pp. 3-12, 1994
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 16 Jul 2009
William Wesley Patton
U. S. C. Gould School of Law
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Child Abuse: The Irreconcilable Differences between Criminal Prosecution and Informal Dependency Court Mediation

U. Louisville Journal of Family Law, Vol. 31, pp. 37-64, 1992-1993
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 16 Jul 2009
William Wesley Patton
U. S. C. Gould School of Law
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The California Child Abuse Hearsay Exception: Is Truth Competency Still Required‘

U.C. Davis Journal of Juvenile Law & Policy, Vol. 3, pp. 68-74, 1999
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 16 Jul 2009
William Wesley Patton
U. S. C. Gould School of Law
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12.

The Connecticut Open-Court Movement: Reflection and Remonstration

Connecticut Public Interest Law Journal, Vol. 4, pp. 8-23, 2005
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 23 Jul 2009
William Wesley Patton
U. S. C. Gould School of Law
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13.

Pandora’s Box: Opening Child Protection Cases to the Press and Public

Western State University Law Review, Vol. 27, pp.181-213, 2000
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 26 Jul 2009
William Wesley Patton
U. S. C. Gould School of Law
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Rethinking the Privilege Against Self-Incrimination in Child Abuse Dependency Proceedings: Might Parents Be Their Own Worst Witnesses?

U.C. Davis Journal of Juvenile Law & Policy, Vol. 11, pp. 101-149, 2007
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 15 Jul 2009
William Wesley Patton
U. S. C. Gould School of Law
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Bringing Facts into Fiction: The First 'Data-Based' Accountability Analysis of the Differences Between Presumptively Open, Discretionarily Open, and Closed Child Dependency Court Systems

University of Memphis Law Review, Vol. 44, No. 3, 2014
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 27 Jul 2014
William Wesley Patton
U. S. C. Gould School of Law
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16.

Biblical, Legal, and Miltonic Influences in Melville's Redburn

Oklahoma City University Law Review, Vol. 23, pp. 911-928, 1998
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 16 Jul 2009
William Wesley Patton
U. S. C. Gould School of Law
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Forever Torn Asunder: Charting Evidentiary Parameters, the Right to Competent Counsel and the Privilege Against Self-Incrimination in California Child Dependency and Parental Severance Cases

Santa Clara Law Review, Vol. 27, pp. 299-352, 1987
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 16 Jul 2009
William Wesley Patton
U. S. C. Gould School of Law
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The Psychiatric Implications of Media Ethics Code Policies Regarding the Publication of Child Abuse Victim Data: A Universal Deontological Model Code

16 U.C. Davis Journal of Juvenile Law & Policy 427, Summer 2012
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 27 Nov 2013
William Wesley Patton
U. S. C. Gould School of Law
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child abuse, juveniles, mental health, media, ethics, child and adolescent psychiatry

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The Interrelationship between Sibling Custody and Visitation and Conflicts of Interest in the Representation of Multiple Siblings in Dependency Proceedings

Children's Legal Rights Journal, Vol. 23, pp. 19-34, 2004
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 26 Jul 2009
William Wesley Patton
U. S. C. Gould School of Law
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20.

Getting Back to the Sandbox: Designing a Legal Policy Clinic

International Journal of Clinical Legal Education, Vol. 16, p. 96, 2011
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 12 Feb 2013
William Wesley Patton
U. S. C. Gould School of Law
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Clinic, clinical, cognitive, psychology, social justice, public interest, pro bono

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When the Empirical Base Crumbles: The Myth that Open Dependency Proceedings do not Psychologically Damage Abused Children

University of Alabama Law & Psychology Review, Vol. 33, p. 29, 2009
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 23 May 2011
William Wesley Patton
U. S. C. Gould School of Law
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22.

Externship Site Inspections: Fitting Well-Rounded Programs into the Four Corners of the ABA Guidelines

Clinical Law Review, Vol. 3, pp. 471-484, 1996-1997
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 16 Jul 2009
William Wesley Patton
U. S. C. Gould School of Law
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23.

How Shepard’s Citations Lost its Flock: Or, Can the Police Smell Probable Cause? A Substantive Lesson Plan

Law Library Journal, Vol. 80, pp.131-138, 1988
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 26 Jul 2009
William Wesley Patton
U. S. C. Gould School of Law
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24.

To Err is Human, to Forgive, Often Unjust; Harmless Error Analysis in Child Abuse Dependency Proceedings

U.C. Davis Journal of Juvenile Law & Policy, Vol. 13, p. 99, Winter 2009
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 23 May 2011
William Wesley Patton
U. S. C. Gould School of Law
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The Whittier Law School Legal Policy Clinic's Amicus Curiae Advocacy on Behalf of Siblings

Whittier Journal of Child & Family Advocacy, Vol. 5, pp. 449-76, 2005-06
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 23 Jul 2009
William Wesley Patton
U. S. C. Gould School of Law
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26.

Publication, Depublication and Review of State Bar Court Opinions: Bringing the Public into the Process

Whittier Law Review, Vol. 17, pp. 409-426, 1995-1996
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 16 Jul 2009
William Wesley Patton
U. S. C. Gould School of Law
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It Matters Not What is But What Might Have Been: The Standard of Appellate Review for Denial of Counsel in Child Dependency and Parental Severance Trials

Whittier Law Review, Vol.. 12, pp. 537-549, 1991
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 17 Jul 2009
William Wesley Patton
U. S. C. Gould School of Law
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S.B. 1516, California's New Hybrid: Childrens' Counsel as Advocates and Guardians Ad Litem

UC Davis Journal of Juvenile Law & Policy, Vol. 2, pp. 16-21, 1997
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 17 Jul 2009
William Wesley Patton
U. S. C. Gould School of Law
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29.

Legislative Regulation of Dependency Court Attorneys: Public Relations and Separation of Powers

Journal of Legislation, Vol. 24, pp. 3-20, 1998
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 23 Jul 2009
William Wesley Patton
U. S. C. Gould School of Law
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Children are Invisible, Children are Real: An Introduction to the Child Law Symposium

Whittier Law Review, Vol. 18, pp. 759-66, 1996-1997
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 16 Jul 2009
William Wesley Patton
U. S. C. Gould School of Law
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31.

Evolution in Child Abuse Litigation: The Theoretical Void Where Evidentiary and Procedural Worlds Collide

Loyola L.A. Law Review, Vol. 25, pp. 1009-1024,1991-1992
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 16 Jul 2009
William Wesley Patton
U. S. C. Gould School of Law
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32.

The Unexamined Multi-Billion Dollar Business: Congressional and State Legislative Pilot Projects

Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy, Vol. 24, p. 291, 2014, Whittier Law School Research Paper
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 13 Feb 2015
William Wesley Patton
U. S. C. Gould School of Law
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33.

An Opening Gambit in Teaching Juvenile Law: Creating Icons of Normative Family Structures

Law and Psychology Review, Vol. 20, pp. 1-9, 1996
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 26 Jul 2009
William Wesley Patton
U. S. C. Gould School of Law
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34.

A Rebuttal to Witkin: Yes, Abused Children are at Risk in Open Dependency Courts

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 18 Jul 2024
William Wesley Patton
U. S. C. Gould School of Law
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Child abuse, child welfare, dependency courts, public policy, Witkin, psychological danger, LGBTQ, Polyvictimization, confidentiality

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Revictimizing Child Abuse Victims: An Empirical Rebuttal to the Open Juvenile Dependency Court Reform Movement

Suffolk University Law Review, Vol. 38, pp. 303-350, 2005
Posted: 23 Jul 2009
William Wesley Patton
U. S. C. Gould School of Law

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37.

Creating an Externship Consortium: The GLACE Experience

Thomas M. Cooley Journal of Practical and Clinical Law, Vol. 4, pp. 233-250, 2000-2001
Posted: 16 Jul 2009
William Wesley Patton
U. S. C. Gould School of Law

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