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David Katner
(Full Professor)

Tulane Law School

Law

juvenile justice mental health law, criminal law, legal ethics, juvenile delinquency
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About Me

I teach legal ethics (legal profession), evidence, advanced criminal procedure, trial advocacy, and introduction to forensic child psychiatry at our medical school. My last publications appear in the Journal of the American Dental Association (JADA) focusing on pediatric dental neglect and pediatric dental abuse and the ethical duty of dental professionals to report these patient conditions. I have written extensively on juvenile competency to stand trial, juvenile mental health and the law, and various legal ethics issues connected to the representation of child clients. I have been teaching at Tulane and have been the director of the Juvenile Law Clinic for the past 37 years, 

My articles can be found at: : http://ssrn.com/author=22186

My Tulane bio: http://www.law.tulane.edu/tlsfaculty/profiles.aspx?id=438

Publications

  • David R. Katner, “Eliminating the Competecy Presumption in Juvenile Delinquency Cases,” 24 CORNELL JOURNAL of LAW & PUBLIC POLICY 403, 2015.
  • David Katner, Chris Brown, DDS, Suzanne Fournier, “Considerations in Identifying Pediatric Dental Neglect and Legal Obligation to Report,” 147 JOURNAL of the AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION 812, October, 2016.
  • David R. Katner, “Delinquency and Daycare,” 4 HARVARD LAW & POLICY REVIEW 49, 2010.
  • David R. Katner, “Foreward, The Legacy of Gault,” 44 CRIMINAL LAW BULLETIN 302, 2008.
  • David R. Katner, Chris Brown, DDS, “Mandatory Reporting of Oral Injuries Indicating Possible Child Abuse,” 143 JOURNAL of the AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION 1087, Oct., 2012.
  • David R. Katner, “Confidentiality and Juvenile Mental Health Records in Dependency Proceedings,” 12 WILLIAM & MARY BILL OF RIGHTS JOURNAL 511, 2004.
  • David R. Katner, “Ch. 5, Rethinking Juvenile Justice in the Wake of Katrina,” Children, Law & Disasters, p. 113, AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION, 2009.
  • David R. Katner, “In Opposition to the Mandatory Registration of Juvenile Sex Offenders,” 3 JOURNAL OF RACE, GENDER & POVERTY 21, 2011-12.
  • David R. Katner, Henry Plum, “Legal Issues (Ch. 13) ,” RECOGNITION OF CHILD ABUSE FOR THE MANDATED REPORTER (3rd Ed.), 2002.
  • David R. Katner, “Raising Mental Health Issues--Other Than Insanity--In Juvenile Delinquency Defense,” 28 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CRIMINAL LAW 73, Fall 2000.
  • David R. Katner, “A Defense Perspective of Treatment Programs for Juvenile Sex Offenders,” 37 CRIMINAL LAW BULLETIN 371, 2001.
  • David R. Katner, “Revising Legal Ethics in Delinquency Cases by Consulting with Juveniles' Parents,” 79 UMKC LAW REVIEW 595, 2011.
  • David R. Katner, “Coming to Praise, Not to Bury, the New ABA Standards of Practice for Lawyers Who Represent Children in Abuse and Neglect Cases,” 14 GEORGETOWN JOURNAL OF LEGAL ETHICS 103, Fall 2000.
  • David R. Katner, “The Ethical Struggle of Usurping Juvenile Client Autonomy by Raising Competency in Delinquency and Criminal Cases,” 16 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INTERDISCIPLINARY LAW JOURNAL 293, 2007.
  • David R. Katner, “Using Developmental and Mental Health Issues in Opposition to Juvenile Waivers Into Adult Criminal Courts,” 4 MICHIGAN CHILD WELFARE LAW JOURNAL 3, Summer, 2000.
  • David R. Katner, “The Mental Health Paradigm and the MacArthur Study: Emerging Issues Challenging the Competence of Juveniles n Delinquency Systems,” 32 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF LAW & MEDICINE 503, 2006.
  • David Katner, “Up In Smoke: Removing Marijuana from Schedule I,” Boston University Public Interest Law Journal, Spring 2018. Pages 53

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