Publications
You Just Got a Charge Letter From The University: Now What?
Micah Kamrass, Manley Burke, mkamrass@manleyburke.com As the 2015–2016 school year winds to a close, our team here at Manley Burke wanted to share some strategies that we have found successful when a fraternity or sorority chapter is wrongfully accused of...
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Harvard Ignores Title IX Exemption
Tim Burke, Manley Burke, tburke@manleyburke.com Harvard University’s final report of its Task Force on the Prevention of Sexual Assault, March 7, 2016, begins “Sexual Assault exacts a profoundly negative personal and academic toll on those students who experience it.” Who...
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But the University of North Carolina is Not
Tim Burke, Manley Burke, tburke@manleyburke.com At lightning speed for a legislative body, North Carolina’s legislature, in a one-day special session, adopted a state law (HB2) prohibiting transgender individuals from using any bathroom other than the one that conforms to their...
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Feds Confirm Greeks Exemption from Title IX
Tim Burke, Manley Burke, tburke@manleyburke.com “Social fraternities and sororities: Title IX does not apply to the membership practices of social fraternities and sororities.1 Those organizations are therefore permitted, under Title IX, to set their own policies regarding the sex, including...
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