Tim Burke, Manley Burke, tburke@manleyburke.com On January 8th, Judge Margherita Patti-Worthington of the Common Pleas Court in Monroe County Pennsylvania issued her final sentences in death of Michael Deng which resulted from a brutal hazing practice of Pi Delta Psi. ...

Tim Burke, Manley Burke, tburke@manleyburke.com On December 13, 2017, the United States House of Representatives Education and the Work Force Committee reported out on a party line vote H.R. 4508, the “Promoting Real Opportunity, Success and Prosperity through Education Reform...

Tim Burke, Manley Burke, tburke@manleyburke.com On December 14, 2017, a Grand Jury in Harris County, Texas (Houston) indicted Pi Kappa Alpha International Fraternity, Inc. for hazing.  While the conduct described in the indictment which ultimately resulted in a lacerated spleen...

Tim Burke, Manley Burke, tburke@manleyburke.com In 2014, Wesleyan University in Middleton, Connecticut adopted a policy requiring all residential fraternities to become coed.  That policy triggered a long dispute which remains in litigation.  However, it is the University now on the...