Tim Burke, Manley Burke, tburke@manleyburke.com As reported in the September 2007 issue of Fraternal Law, last year the Texas State Legislature adopted a law that requires universities in Texas to conduct risk management training sessions for fraternities and sororities.  The...

Dan McCarthy, Manley Burke Alpha Epsilon Pi’s Beta Iota Chapter at Indiana University was recently closed following reports of hazing.  The chapter, which was started in 1958, was on a deferred suspension from IU at the time of the incident...

Dan McCarthy, Manley Burke Delta Upsilon recently closed its chapter at the University of Iowa after four members of the chapter were arrested following a December drug bust at the chapter house.  Police raided the chapter house and found 650...

Tim Burke, Manley Burke, tburke@manleyburke.com The January 24, 2008 issue of the GW Hatchett from George Washington University reported that the University has established its own hazing hotline that takes reports of hazing by anonymous emails.  According to the article,...

Tim Burke, Manley Burke, tburke@manleyburke.com At many universities, certain records are shared between the university and fraternities and sororities.  Universities may provide certain student names and contact information to aide in student recruitment.  At times, universities may provide information regarding...

Many national fraternities and sororities who have their headquarters in Indianapolis are carefully watching developments in the Indiana State Legislature which could make fraternity headquarters and chapter houses pay substantial property taxes.  A bill currently pending in the Indiana Legislature...

Tim Burke, Manley Burke, tburke@manleyburke.com As reported in the November 2007 issue of Fraternal Law, Chapman University in California was recently threatened with litigation by the California Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).  The complaint arose because a...

Tim Burke, Manley Burke, tburke@manleyburke.com This past spring, Beth Speidel, a 19-year-old sophomore at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, was killed at 3:00 a.m. on a Saturday morning, when she was hit by a train while walking across the railroad...

Daniel McCarthy, Manley Burke As reported in the September, 2007 issue of Fraternal Law, Delta Zeta recently sued DePauw University in federal court, alleging, among other claims, breach of contract, defamation and tortuous interference with business relationships.  The parties announced...

Daniel McCarthy, Manley Burke Two recent cases highlight the importance of the Clery Act on college administrators.  First, in December, the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit ruled in favor of Johnson & Wales University in a...