Arizona Makes Hazing A Crime

Timothy M. Burke, Fraternal Law Partners, tburke@manleyburke.com As of September 24, 2022, the state of Arizona now has criminalized hazing and the planning or organizing of hazing.[1] Also known as Jack’s Law, the enactment memorializes Jack Culolias, who drowned while...
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Sam Martinez Hazing Death: Sam’s Law and its Impact on Greek Organizations

Stephen R. Bernstein, Stephen R. Bernstein Law Offices, srb@srbernstein.com Sam Martinez, a 19-year-old student at Washington State University (WSU), pledged the Alpha Tau Omega (ATO) fraternity in July of 2019. He died on the morning of November 12, 2019, from...
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Another Foltz-Related Lawsuit Filed Against BGSU

 Ilana Linder, Fraternal Law Partners, Ilana.Linder@manleyburke.com A few months ago, the family of Stone Foltz, a BGSU student who passed away following the Pi Kappa Alpha Chapter’s Big/Little night, filed a civil lawsuit against Bowling Green State University (BGSU) in...
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Injunction Issued Against the Theta Xi Chapter of Delta Tau Delta at Eastern Michigan University

 Timothy M. Burke, Fraternal Law Partners, tburke@manleyburke.com On January 5, 2022, as reported in the January issue of Fraternal Law, the Prosecutor of Washtenaw County, on behalf of the State of Michigan and joined by the City of Ypsilanti, sued...
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The Elusive “Fairness” of University Investigative Processes

Haellie Gordon, [1] Fraternal Law Partners, hgordon@manleyburke.com On May 4, 2022, the Theta Delta Chi chapter (the “Chapter”) at Stanford University (the “University”) filed a complaint against the University following the revocation of the Chapter’s recognition for six (6) years.[2]...
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