Phi Beta Gamma

Phi Beta Gamma (ΦΒΓ) was a professional fraternity in the field of Law.

Phi Beta Gamma
ΦΒΓ
FoundedApril 24, 1922 (1922-04-24)
Georgetown University School of Law
TypeProfessional
AffiliationPFA (former)
EmphasisLaw
ScopeNational
PublicationThe Advocate
Chapters0
Members2,500 (est.) lifetime
Headquartersformerly, 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]

See also

  • Kappa Beta Pi (originally women's professional fraternity, now legal association, law)
  • Nu Beta Epsilon (Jewish, originally men's professional fraternity, law, dormant?)

References

  1. Professional Fraternities by Professional Interfraternity Conference - 1950
  2. "The ARCHI of Alpha Rho Chi" (PDF). Vol. IX, no. 7. July 31, 1928. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  3. 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.
  4. William Raimond Baird (1991). Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities. Baird's Manual Foundation, Incorporated. pp. V-87.
  5. National University School of Law merged with the George Washington University Law School in 1954.
  6. 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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