Micah Kamrass, Manley Burke, mkamrass@manleyburke.com The 2015 Fraternal Law Conference, scheduled for Thursday, November 12th and Friday, November 13th, is already shaping up to be among the best.  Speakers already committed include:  Justice Gary R. Wade of the Tennessee Supreme...

Tim Burke, Manley Burke, tburke@manleyburke.com Sigma Phi Epsilon appears to be the first traditional men’s fraternity to adopt a clear transgender policy.  The policy adopted this summer states: “Sigma Phi Epsilon is a national Fraternity built on the brotherhood and...

Tim Burke, Manley Burke, tburke@manleyburke.com On September 4, 2015, Joanne Berger-Sweeney, the President of Trinity College, announced that the college was abandoning its requirement that all fraternities and sororities on campus must be co-ed by the Fall Semester of the...

Micah Kamrass, Manley Burke, mkamrass@manleyburke.com On August 14, 2015, the University of Central Florida suspended the Sigma Nu Fraternity chapter on its campus. The suspension resulted from a complaint with the Student Conduct Office. The complaint references a video where...

Micah Kamrass, Manley Burke, mkamrass@manleyburke.com Alpha Omicron Pi recently announced that it would no longer recognize the chapter house at the University of California at Berkeley.  The sorority said it would remove letters from the house, discontinue insurance for the...

Sean Callan, Manley Burke, sean.callan@manleyburke.com So begins a recent story in Forbes.1  The story is an unflattering look at how Princeton eating clubs spend charitable (i.e., tax deductible) dollars.  While eating clubs are not Greek organizations, the eating clubs fall...

Tim Burke, Manley Burke, tburke@manleyburke.com On September 2, 2015, the Court of Appeals for the State of Oregon decided Scheffel v. Oregon Beta Chapter of Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity, upholding a Summary Judgment granted to the national fraternity, but reversing...

Tim Burke, Manley Burke, tburke@manley.com The Safe Campus and Fair Campus bills, while supported by both the National Panhellenic Conference and the North American Intrafraternity Conference, have drawn mixed reviews.  The National Association of Scholars and the National District Attorneys...

Tim Burke, Manley Burke, tburke@manleyburke.com In July, two bills – the Safe Campus Act and the Fair Campus Act – were introduced in the United States House of Representatives.  Both bills have the support of the National Panhellenic Conference (NPC)...