USC Deferred Recruitment Case Now in Court of Appeals

Tim Burke, Manley Burke LPA, tburke@manleyburke.com The constitutionality of the ability of public universities to require deferred rush has long been discussed but not yet tested in court. That is, until now. But that test has been brought against the...
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Failure to Provide Cross-Examination Overturns Dismissal of University of Michigan In Due Process Case

Tim Burke, Manley Burke, tburke@manleyburke.com On September 7th of this year, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued a decision overturning the dismissal of the University of Michigan in a case filed by John Doe. Doe...
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Proactive Bystanders Needed: How Greek Organizations Can Help Prevent Campus Assaults and Death

Susan Stone, Kristina Supler, and Dayna Hloska, Kohrman Jackson & Krantz, scs@kjk.com & kws@kjk.com The very nature of Greek life implies that students join fraternities and sororities to form tight bonds. Bonding is why students join, why they stay and...
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"Penn State Fraternity Houses Should 'at the very least' Continue to be Used by Students

Tim Lynch, Manley Burke That’s a quote from Daniel Lee, the vice president for communications of the Penn State Interfraternity Council. His opinion comes in light of the growing number of empty fraternity houses in State College, a result of...
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International Fraternity Pi Kappa Alpha Faces Lawsuit Against University of Houston Student

Tim Lynch, Manley Burke A lawsuit has been filed against the Pi Kappa Alpha International Fraternity, Inc. for events surrounding its Epsilon Eta Chapter at the University of Houston. On September 18, 2018, Jared Anthony Munoz brought claims of civil...
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