Micah Kamrass, Manley Burke, mkamrass@manleyburke.com On May 14, 2015, the Kentucky Supreme Court issued a decision regarding privacy rights of students who reside in fraternity and sorority houses.  Specifically, Milam v. Commonwealth of Kentucky1 examined the extent to which the...

Tim Burke, Manley Burke, tburke@manleyburke.com Bloomberg Business1 recently reported that in the past spring semester, 133 fraternity or sorority chapters at 55 U.S. colleges were shut down, suspended or otherwise punished for various infractions.  While the article, published on June...

Tim Burke, Manley Burke, tburke@manleyburke.com Some two and a half years after the death of David Bogenberger, 22 former members of the Pi Kappa Alpha Chapter at Northern Illinois University stand convicted of misdemeanor hazing in what the state’s attorney...

Tim Burke, Manley Burke, tburke@manleyburke.com With the announcement by its Board of Trustees on June 4, Barnard College became the last of the Seven Sisters’ Colleges to announce its willingness to consider for admission transgender applicants who may have been...

Tim Burke, Manley Burke, tburke@manleyburke.com On Friday, April 24, 2015, Aaron Golson, Benjamin McNamee and Darryl Cearnel, the last three Florida A&M University band members charged in the hazing death of Robert Champion, removed their suit jackets as they were...

Tim Burke, Manley Burke, tburke@manleyburke.com Among the past academic year’s fraternity misconduct that made national headlines was the allegation that some members of the Kappa Delta Rho Chapter at Penn State University used a secret Facebook page(s) to share nude...

Micah Kamrass, Manley Burke, mkamrass@manleyburke.com When the 2016-2017 school year begins, some public university students in the state of Texas will be permitted to bring concealed handguns into campus buildings. The new Texas law, which recently passed through the legislature...

Tim Burke, Manley Burke, tburke@manleyburke.com Around the country many colleges and Universities have their own on-campus police departments whose members are police officers, not simply security guards.   Frequently, the officers in those departments have the same law enforcement authority as...

John Greiner & Benjamin Greiner In State ex rel. Schiffbauer v. Banaszak, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled that police officers employed by private colleges are subject to the Ohio Public Records Act. Therefore, the department can be compelled to produce...

Tim Burke, Manley Burke, tburke@manleyburke.com The 2015 Fraternal Law Conference, scheduled for Thursday, November 12th and Friday, November 13th, is already shaping up to be among the best.  Speakers already committed include:  Justice Gary R. Wade of the Tennessee Supreme...

Tim Burke, Manley Burke, tburke@manleyburke.com There will be no n_ _ _ _ _ _s in our fraternity.” A sign welcoming women to a party.  “No means yes and yes means ….” Headline:  Frat members harass wounded veterans. It is...