Timothy M. Burke, Manley Burke, tburke@manleyburke.com It is bad enough when irresponsible behavior, started because it was "meant to be fun," leads to tragic consequences. It is yet another thing  when, like  something from the script of West Side Story,...

Timothy M. Burke, Manley Burke, tburke@manleyburke.com The January 2003 issue of Fraternal Law reported on the development of a Relationship Statement at the University of Arkansas put together by a university task force which included 26 male fraternity members and...

Mackenzie Becker First Amendment battle between a religious student group and university officials just began in the United States District Court of New Jersey. On December 30, 2003, the Philadelphia-based Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) filed a lawsuit...

Barbara Schwartz Bromberg, Dinsmore & Shohl LLP Introduction: Everyone reading this article is probably familiar with the general guidelines that have been well known in the fraternal organization world since the issuance of the Excerpts from the Phi Gamma Delta...

Timothy M. Burke, Manley Burke, tburke@manleyburke.com The Florida Third District Court of Appeals recently ruled that the Kappa Sigma Fraternity and its Epsilon Beta Chapter could not be sued in the State of Florida as an unincorporated association.1 That result...

Robert E. Manley, Manley Burke.  A chapter advisor who fails to properly implement a national fraternity policy against hazing can be liable to a victim of hazing because he breaches his duty to the victim. This was the holding of...