Phi Beta Gamma
Phi Beta Gamma (ΦΒΓ) was a professional fraternity in the field of Law.
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Founded | April 24, 1922 Georgetown University School of Law |
Type | Professional |
Affiliation | PFA (former) |
Emphasis | Law |
Scope | National |
Publication | The Advocate |
Chapters | 0 |
Members | 2,500 (est.) lifetime |
Headquarters | formerly, The Law Building 425 St. Paul Place Baltimore, MD 21202 US |
History
Phi Beta Gamma was founded on April 24, 1922[1] at Georgetown University School of Law. It was a founding member of the Professional Interfraternity Conference in 1928[2] and continued on to be a founding member of the Professional Fraternity Association from the merger of the PIC and PPA in 1978.[3]
Publications
The quarterly publication is The Advocate[4]
Chapters
The chapters of Phi Beta Gamma were as follows; a review of campus websites shows all are dormant. Active chapters in bold, inactive chapters in italics, unknown activity in plan text:[4]
- Alpha, 1922, Georgetown University Law School
- Beta, 1924, National University School of Law[5]
- Gamma, 1925, University of Minnesota Law School
- Delta, 1925, St. Paul College of Law[6]
- Epsilon, 1925, George Washington University Law School
- Zeta, 1926, Loyola University New Orleans College of Law
- Eta, 1927, Cumberland School of Law
- Theta, 1929, Jefferson School of Law (Kentucky)
- Iota, 1932, University of Baltimore School of Law
- Kappa, 1932, University of Miami School of Law (Florida)
- Lambda, 1939, University of Tulsa College of Law
See also
- Order of the Coif (honor society, law)
- The Order of Barristers (honor society, law; litigation)
- Phi Delta Phi (honor society, law; was a professional fraternity)
- Alpha Phi Sigma (honor society, criminal justice)
- Lambda Epsilon Chi (honor society, paralegal)
- Delta Theta Phi (professional fraternity, law)
- Gamma Eta Gamma (professional fraternity, law)
- Phi Alpha Delta (professional fraternity, law)
- Phi Delta Delta (professional fraternity, women, law)
- Sigma Delta Kappa (professional fraternity, law)
- Kappa Alpha Pi (professional) (professional fraternity, pre-law)
- Kappa Beta Pi (originally women's professional fraternity, now legal association, law)
- Nu Beta Epsilon (Jewish, originally men's professional fraternity, law, dormant?)
References
- Professional Fraternities by Professional Interfraternity Conference - 1950
- "The ARCHI of Alpha Rho Chi" (PDF). Vol. IX, no. 7. July 31, 1928.
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(help) - York, Kenneth H. (1952). "Legal Fraternities" (PDF). Michigan Law Review. The Michigan Law Review Association. 50 (7): 1047–56. doi:10.2307/1284939. JSTOR 1284939. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
- William Raimond Baird (1991). Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities. Baird's Manual Foundation, Incorporated. pp. V-87.
- National University School of Law merged with the George Washington University Law School in 1954.
- In a merger of law schools, the St. Paul College of Law became the William Mitchell College of Law in 1956.
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