Phi Delta Phi

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Phi Delta Phi (ΦΔΦ)
Founded	December 13, 1869 (1869-12-13) (age 138) University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Type	Professional
Scope	International  United States  Canada  Mexico  Germany  Poland
Motto	Friends of Justice and Wisdom
Colors	Garnet and Pearl Blue
Symbol	Owl, Skull
Flower	Jacqueminot Rose
Headquarters	1426 21st Street NW Washington, D.C., USA
Homepage	Phi Delta Phi Website

Phi Delta Phi, ΦΔΦ, is the world's largest legal fraternity whose membership is restricted to students and practitioners of the law. Phi Delta Phi is the second oldest legal organization in continuous existence in the United States and third oldest in North America. The fraternity was founded at the University of Michigan in 1869 "to promote a higher standard of professional ethics." Unlike other law fraternities, Phi Delta Phi does not initiate undergraduate or pre-law students.

Contents 1 History 2 Current Status 3 Notable Members 3.1 U.S. Presidents 3.2 Supreme Court Justices 3.3 Other Notable Members 4 Inns 4.1 1800s 4.2 1900-1949 4.3 1950-1999 4.4 2000s 5 External links

[edit] History

The oldest professional fraternity still in existence, Phi Delta Phi was founded in the law department of the University of Michigan by John M. Howard of the class of 1871. Howard was a graduate of Monmouth College and member of Phi Gamma Delta (Fiji). His initial intent was to found a chapter of Fiji at the University, but he did not follow through with the plan because of the large number of chapters already in place on the campus. Howard instead turned his efforts toward founding a fraternity devoted purely to students of the legal profession.

[edit] Current Status

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Phi Delta Phi, the first professional fraternity in existence, has attracted the best and the brightest of the profession. Many of its chapters require strict academic standards for admission. In some jurisdictions, every chapter of Phi Delta Phi is regarded is an “honors” organization because of grade point requirements for admission (e.g., Texas, Florida). Phi Delta Phi’s tradition of being the “elite” legal professional fraternity carries well into the 21st Century. For example, from 2000-2003, the Chief Justices of the Supreme Courts of the United States, Canada and Mexico were all Phi Delta Phis.

Phi Delta Phi currently has six active chapters among the top fourteen law schools in the United States. Additionally, it has more chapters in Latin America (18) and Canada (9) than any other legal fraternity. It was the first professional legal fraternity to be international in character with the chartering of a chapter at the premier law school in Canada: Osgoode Hall Law School in Ontario. It is the only professional legal fraternity to have active chapters in Europe.

[edit] Notable Members

[edit] U.S. Presidents

• Gerald R. Ford
• William McKinley
• Franklin D. Roosevelt
• Theodore Roosevelt
• William H. Taft

[edit] Supreme Court Justices

• Hugo Black
• William J. Brennan
• Benjamin N. Cardozo
• Anthony M. Kennedy
• Thurgood Marshall
• Sandra Day O'Connor
• Lewis Franklin Powell, Jr.
• William H. Rehnquist
• Antonin Scalia
• John Paul Stevens
• Potter Stewart
• William H. Taft
• Earl Warren
• Byron R. White

[edit] Other Notable Members

• John Bayard Anderson
• John Ashcroft
• Howard Baker
• James A. Baker III
• Birch E. Bayh
• Matthew J. Belcher
• Robert H. Bork
• Ellen Burns
• Pamela Carter
• William Colby
• Archibald Cox
• John Danforth
• Joyce Hens Green
• Charles Evans Hughes
• Daniel K. Inouye
• Henry M. Jackson
• Thomas Penfield Jackson
• Leon Jaworski
• Robert F. Kennedy
• Patrick Leahy
• Karl Llewellyn
• Gerald T. McLaughlin
• Chris Marrou
• Edwin Meese III
• Walter Mondale
• Malcolm W. Monroe
• R. Thomas Olson
• Samuel Pierce Jr.
• William L. Prosser
• Dana Rasmussen
• Sam Rayburn
• Stephen R. Reinhardt
• Owen J. Roberts
• Myra C. Selby
• William French Smith
• Kenneth W. Starr
• Adlai Stevenson
• Potter Stewart
• Wendell Willkie

[edit] Inns

The law school chapters of Phi Delta Phi are known as Inns, that term being derived from the English Inns of Court. Each Inn is named for a noted jurist or member of the bar, as follows: Note: This list includes Inns that are no longer active.

[edit] 1800s

1. Kent Inn, University of Michigan, 1869
2. Sharswood Inn, University of Pennsylvania, 1875
3. Benjamin Inn, Illinois Wesleyan University, 1878
4. Booth Inn, Northwestern University, 1880
5. Story Inn, Columbia University, 1881
6. Cooley Inn, Washington University in St. Louis, 1882
7. Pomeroy Inn, University of California, Hastings College of the Law, 1883
8. John Marshall Inn, George Washington University, 1884
9. Jay Inn, Albany Law School, 1884
10. Webster Inn, Boston University, 1885
11. Hamilton Inn, University of Cincinnati, 1886
12. Gibson-Alexander Inn, University of Pennsylvania, 1886
13. Choate Inn, Harvard University, 1887
14. Waite Inn, Yale University, 1887
15. Field Inn, New York University, 1888
16. Conkling Inn, Cornell University, 1888
17. Tiedeman Inn, University of Missouri, 1890
18. Minor Inn, University of Virginia, 1890
19. Dillon Inn, University of Minnesota, 1890
20. Daniels Inn, State University of New York, 1891
21. Chase Inn, University of Oregon, 1891
22. Harlan Inn, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1891
23. Swan Inn, The Ohio State University, 1893
24. McClain Inn, University of Iowa, 1893
25. Lincoln Inn, University of Nebraska, 1895
26. Osgoode Inn, York University, 1896
27. Fuller Inn, Chicago-Kent College of Law, 1896
28. Miller Inn, Stanford University, 1897
29. Green Inn, University of Kansas, 1897
30. Comstock Inn, Syracuse University, 1899
31. Dwight Inn, New York Law School, 1899

    [edit] 1900-1949

32. Foster Inn, Indiana University, 1900
33. Ranney Inn, Case Western Reserve University, 1901
34. Langdell Inn, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1901
35. Brewer Inn, University of Denver, 1902
36. Douglas Inn, University of Chicago, 1903
37. Ballinger Inn, University of Washington, 1907
38. Malone Inn, Vanderbilt University, 1907
39. Evarts Inn, St. Lawrence University, 1907
40. Thomas Inn, University of Colorado, 1907
41. Beatty Inn, University of Southern California, 1907
42. Reed Inn, University of Maine, 1908
43. Tucker Inn, Washington and Lee University, 1908
44. Roberts Inn, University of Texas, 1909
45. Shiras Inn, University of Pittsburgh, 1909
46. Holmes Inn, University of Oklahoma, 1912
47. Ames Inn, University of South Dakota, 1912
48. Bruce Inn, University of North Dakota, 1912
49. White Inn, Tulane University, 1912
50. Jones Inn, University of California, Berkeley, 1913
51. Roosevelt Inn, University of Tennessee, 1920
52. Cockrell Inn, University of Florida, 1920
53. Vance Inn, University of North Carolina, 1920
54. deGraffenried Inn, University of Alabama, 1922
55. Wilson Inn, University of Georgia, 1922
56. Clayberg Inn, University of Montana, 1922
57. Brooke Inn, West Virginia University, 1922
58. Lamar Inn, Emory University, 1924
59. Breckinridge Inn, University of Kentucky, 1925
60. Weldon Inn, Dalhousie Law School, 1926
61. Mayes Inn, University of Mississippi, 1927
62. Calhoun Inn, University of South Carolina, 1927
63. Martin Inn, Louisiana State University, 1927
64. Pattee Inn, University of Arizona, 1929
65. Hughes Inn, Duke University, 1931
66. Taft Inn, St. John's University, 1931
67. Aggeler Inn, Loyola University, 1937
68. Conwell Inn, Temple University, 1937
69. Powell Inn, University of Missouri–Kansas City, 1942
70. McNary Inn, Willamette University, 1947
71. Johnson Inn, University of Utah, 1947
72. Scott Inn, Georgetown University, 1947
73. Bryan Inn, University of Miami, 1947
74. Willkie Inn, Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis, 1947
75. Ruffin Inn, Wake Forest University, 1947
76. Cardozo Inn, Stetson University, 1947
77. Murphy Inn, St. Louis University, 1949
78. Hemphill Inn, Baylor University, 1949
79. Tarlton Inn, St. Mary's University, 1949

    [edit] 1950-1999

80. Beasley Inn, Rutgers School of Law-Newark, 1950
81. Pound Inn, University of California at Los Angeles, 1951
82. Hutcheson Inn, University of Houston, 1953
83. Stone Inn, Marquette University, 1957
84. Rogers Inn, University of Tulsa, 1959
85. Stephens Inn, University of San Francisco, 1959
86. Monteith Inn, Southern Methodist University, 1959
87. Jefferson Inn, College of William & Mary School of Law, 1965
88. Velasco Inn, Escuela Libre de Derecho, 1973
89. Landon Inn, Washburn University, 1974
90. Santos Theriot Inn, Universidad de Monterrey, 1975
91. Ford Inn, Vermont Law School, 1976
92. Rehnquist Inn, Suffolk University, 1976
93. Stevens Inn, The John Marshall Law School, 1976
94. Moynihan Inn, Boston College, 1977
95. Cox Inn, Western New England College School of Law, 1978
96. Recasens Siches, Universidad Anáhuac, 1978
97. Wood Inn, South Texas College of Law, 1982
98. Carroll Inn, University of Baltimore School of Law, 1983
99. Villoro Toronzo Inn, Universidad Iberoamericana, 1987
100. Burns Inn, Quinnipiac University School of Law, 1988
101. Palacios Macedo Inn, Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico, 1988
102. Guerrero Inn, Universidad LaSalle de Mexico, 1988
103. Salinas-Martinez Inn, Facultad Libre de Derecho de Monterrey, 1989
104. Garcia Rendon Inn, ITESM, Campus Monterrey, 1989
105. Borja Soriano Inn, Universidad Panamericana, 1989
106. Mash Inn, Golden Gate University School of Law, 1990
107. Herrera y Lasso Inn, Universidad Anahuac del Sur, 1991
108. Rojina-Villegas Inn, Universidad Intercontinental, 1991
109. Lafragua Inn, Universidad de las Americas Puebla, 1995
110. Cabrera Inn, Universidad Iberoamericana Golfo Central, 1997
111. Warren Inn, Texas Tech University School of Law, 1976

     [edit] 2000s

112. Mazpulez Perez Inn, ITESM Campus Chihuahua, 2000
113. John McClellan Marshall Inn, Uniwersytet Marii Curie Sklodowska, Lublin, 2000
114. Bradlee Inn, New England School of Law, 2001
115. Stanley Mosk Inn, Chapman University School of Law, 2002
116. Ayala Villarreal Inn Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, 2003
117. Góngora Pimentel Inn, Universidad Contemporanea, 2005
118. Santamaria Inn, Universidad Juarez Autonoma Tabasco, 2005
119. Mariano Otero Inn, ITESM Campus Chihuahua, 2006
120. Roman Herzog Inn, Bucerius Law School, 2006
121. Burgoa Inn, ITESM Campus Estado de México, 2007

[edit] External links

• Phi Delta Phi International Home
• Tiedeman Inn, University of Missouri

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