Tim Burke, Manley Burke, tburke@manleyburke.com Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, announced in the fall of 2014 that within three years, its residential fraternities must become fully co-educational.  Delta Kappa Epsilon (DKE) presented plans to the University to include women in...

Tim Burke, Manley Burke, tburke@manleyburke.com The Phi Delta Theta Chapter at the University of Alabama pitted its pledges in a football game against the pledges of Beta Theta Pi on September 23, 2011.  Tempers apparently flared and according to the...

Stephen Bernstein Almost every university publishes a code of conduct which it expects students to follow as a condition of enrollment.  While these codes vary, common elements include expectations for student behavior, including conduct which may result in various degrees...

On February 26, 2015, a bipartisan group of 12 United States Senators introduced the Campus Safety and Accountability Act to address the issue of campus sexual assault.  The sponsors are Kelly Ayotte (R-NH), Roy Blount (D-MO), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Shelly...

Michael Allen & Joshua Adam Engel The national controversy about the responses of colleges and universities to sexual assaults on campuses continues to grow.  After years of criticism for being too lax on campus sexual assault, on April 11, 2011,...

Kate Lawson, Xavier University Title IX Coordinator Prior to becoming Xavier University’s Title IX Coordinator, I represented victims of sexual violence as they participated in university complaint resolution processes, worked with their universities to address their safety, housing, and academic...

Tim Burke, Manley Burke, tburke@manleyburke.com One of the most difficult issues currently on our campuses which impacts fraternities and sororities, as well as all students, is the issue of sexual assault, or sexual misconduct. The issue is receiving intense attention...