Tim Burke, Manley Burke, tburke@manleyburke.com “I’ve been raped, but please don’t tell anyone.” When the young member of a fraternity or sorority comes to an officer or an alum advisor with that statement, it presents a difficult dilemma.  Obviously, there...

Tim Burke, Manley Burke, tburke@manleyburke.com In the fall of 2002, Jacqueline Gufrovich was in the process of pledging the Zeta Kappa Chapter of Sigma Sigma Sigma.  She and other new members, apparently along with some of the actives, were engaged...

Dawn Watkins, Ph.D., Dean of Student Affairs, Washington and Lee University As the new school year begins, college and university administrators plan diligently for orientation sessions to welcome new students to our campuses.  Along with new students, we often face...

A recent controversy at Northern Kentucky University is worth noting for the statements by the University President, James C. Votruba. A campus Right to Life organization chose to make its position on abortion known, after going through proper University channels,...

Brian Wais, Manley Burke* A lawsuit brought by Alpha Iota Omega in the United States District Court against the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has been dismissed.1  As previously reported in Fraternal Law, AIO, a Christian fraternity, filed...

“For the reasons set forth above, the court grants Plaintiff’s Motion for a Preliminary Injunction on the basis of their intimate association claim” -- with those words, United States District Judge Dora L. Irizarry upheld the right of Alpha Epsilon...

On March 23, 2006, the founder of Fraternal Law and the Manley Burke law firm, Robert E. Manley, died suddenly of a heart attack.  Bob was an aggressive advocate of the rights of fraternities and sororities beginning with his representation...