UNVL Recognizes Associational Rights 

Timothy M. Burke, Fraternal Law Partners, tburke@manleyburke.com Recently, the National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) was alerted by one of its member organizations to a communication issued by the Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities at the University of Nevada Las Vagas (UNLV)....
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Understanding the Stop Campus Hazing Act: Clarifying Misconceptions About Organizational Liability

Timothy M. Burke, Fraternal Law Partners, tburke@manleyburke.com National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) Chief Executive Officer, Dani Weatherford, who was instrumental in drafting and passing the Stop Campus Hazing Act (the “Act”),[1] reports that some college and university officials are misinterpreting a...
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Fraternity President Ordered to Pay $6.5 Million in Hazing Case Resulting in the Death of Stone Foltz 

Grace Moseley, Fraternal Law Partners, grace.moseley@manleyburke.com  On December 12, 2024, a Franklin County, Ohio, Court of Common Pleas magistrate ordered Daylen Dunson, former chapter president of the Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity (“PIKE”) at Bowling Green State University (BGSU), to pay...
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Update: Kappa Kappa Gamma Litigation Consolidated to U.S. District Court of Wyoming 

Timothy M. Burke and Haellie Gordon, Fraternal Law Partners, tburke@manleyburke.com and hgordon@manleyburke.com The ongoing litigation(s) surrounding Kappa Kappa Gamma’s admission of transgender women as members is back in the U.S. District Court for Wyoming, where all related proceedings are now...
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Hazing Death of Southern University Student 

Timothy M. Burke, Fraternal Law Partners, tburke@manleyburke.com In late February, Caleb Wilson, a 20-year-old junior studying mechanical engineering at Southern University (“Southern”) and a talented member of the school’s acclaimed marching band, the Human Jukebox, was dropped off at a...
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