Tim Burke, Manley Burke, tburke@manleyburke.com It’s over.  At long last, the Paddletramps case is done.  The trademark rights of fraternities and sororities have been tested in a long and complicated litigation but they have been vindicated and strengthened. The United...

Tim Burke, Manley Burke, tburke@manleyburke.com The issue of transgender rights is receiving increasing attention.  The October 2013 ABA Journal carries an article focusing on the rights of transgender children and how local school districts are dealing with the issue.  As...

Stevie Tran Many fraternal organizations have encountered the situation where a chapter wishes to extend membership to a transgender student. Others have had alumni who notified the national organization of a legal gender change. What should an organization do? And...

Writing in plain English is difficult for lawyers.  We started in law school being brainwashed by legalese.  One problem was that we read cases by old dead judges, who learned by reading cases written by older, deader judges. All weren’t...

Tim Burke, Manley Burke, tburke@manleyburke.com When the fall 2013 new member recruitment period at the University of Alabama failed to result in any new member offers being made to African American women who had expressed an interest, it made national...

Greg Lukianoff A student group at a public university in Utah has been told that it may not use Greek letters in its name. Why? Because the university believes that Greek letters will give the public the impression that it...