William Wesley Patton

Publications

• The Dangers of Delegating Attorney Licensing to Private and Non-profit Corporations: The Inapplicability of Public Records Laws and Abdication of Government Protection During Health Crises
  58 CAL. W. L. REV. (2021) · California Western Law Review · 2021

• A Rebuttal to Kinsler's and to Anderson and Muller's Studies on the Purported Relationship Between Bar Passage Rates and Attorney Discipline
  93 ST. JOHN'S L. REV. (2019) · St. John's Law Review · 2019
• A Blueprint for a Fairer ABA Standard for Judging Law Graduates’ Competence: How A Standard Based on Students’ Scores in Relation to the National Mean MBE Score Properly Balances Consumer Safety with Increased Diversity in the Bar
  24 WASH. & LEE. J. C. R. & SOC. JUST. 3 (2017) · Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice · 2017
• Systemic Governmental Recalcitrance in Regulating Confidentiality Under the Child Abuse, Prevention & Treatment Act (CAPTA): A Case Study
  43 J. LEGIS. 193 (2017) · Journal of Legislation · 2017
• The Unexamined Multi-Billion Dollar Business: Congressional and State Legislative Pilot Projects
  24 CORNELL J. L. & PUB. POL'Y 291 (2014) · Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy · 2014
• An Update to Striking a Balance: Freedom of the Press versus Children's Privacy Interests in Juvenile Dependency Proceedings
  12 FIRST AMEND. L. REV. 575 (2014) · First Amendment Law Review · 2014

• The Status of Siblings' Rights: A View into the New Millennium
  51 DEPAUL L. REV. 1 (2002) · DePaul Law Review · 2002

• Mommy's Gone, Daddy's in Prison, Now What about Me - Family Reunification for Children of Single Custodial Fathers in Prison - Will the Sins of the Incarcerated Fathers Be Inherited by Their Children
  75 N. D. L. REV. 179 (1999) · North Dakota Law Review · 1999
• Legislative Regulation of Dependency Court Attorneys: Public Relations and Separation of Powers
  24 J. LEGIS. 3 (1998) · Journal of Legislation · 1998
• Standards of Appellate Review for Denial of Counsel and Ineffective Assistance of Counsel in Child Protection and Parental Severance Cases
  27 LOY. U. CHI. L.J. 195 (1996) · Loyola University Chicago Law Journal · 1996
• Severing Hansel from Gretel: An Analysis of Siblings' Association Rights
  48 U. MIAMI L. REV. 745 (1994) · University of Miami Law Review · 1994
• Evolution in Child Abuse Litigation: The Theoretical Void where Evidentiary and Procedural Worlds Collide
  25 LOY. L. A. L. REV. 1009 (1992) · Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review · 1992

• 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
  27 SANTA CLARA L. REV. 299 (1987) · Santa Clara Law Review · 1987