The Order Of Barristers
The Order of Barristers is an honor society for United States law school graduates. Membership in The Order of Barristers is limited to graduating law students and practicing lawyers who demonstrate exceptional skill in trial advocacy, oral advocacy, and brief writing. The Order of Barristers seeks to improve these programs through interscholastic sharing of ideas, information, and resources. The Order is highly selective and provides national recognition to the top advocates at their respective law schools. Origins The Order of Barristers originated in 1965 at The University of Texas at Austin School of Law. The purpose was to honor graduating 3Ls (third-year law students) who had demonstrated outstanding ability in the preparation and presentation of moot appellate argument. These students were selected by the Faculty Committee on Legal Research and Writing and the Director of the Moot Court Program. Expansion The Order continued as a local honorary society until 1968 when the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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University Of Texas At Austin
The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public research university in Austin, Texas. It was founded in 1883 and is the oldest institution in the University of Texas System. With 40,916 undergraduate students, 11,075 graduate students and 3,133 teaching faculty as of Fall 2021, it is also the largest institution in the system. It is ranked among the top universities in the world by major college and university rankings, and admission to its programs is considered highly selective. UT Austin is considered one of the United States's Public Ivies. The university is a major center for academic research, with research expenditures totaling $679.8 million for fiscal year 2018. It joined the Association of American Universities in 1929. The university houses seven museums and seventeen libraries, including the LBJ Presidential Library and the Blanton Museum of Art, and operates various auxiliary research facilities, such as the J. J. Pickle Research Ca ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Lambda Epsilon Chi
Lambda Epsilon Chi () is a national academic honor society for paralegal students. Lambda Epsilon Chi recognizes students who have demonstrated superior academic performance in an established, qualified program of paralegal/legal assistant studies offered at an institution that is an Institutional member in good standing of the American Association for Paralegal Education (AAfPE).Explained on thnational website accessed 26 Oct 2021. Membership Candidates for membership in Lambda Epsilon Chi must be in good academic standing and have completed at least two-thirds of their paralegal coursework. Candidates also must have a minimum overall grade point average (GPA) of 3.5, including a minimum GPA of 3.75 in paralegal courses. Students must also demonstrate a commitment to the paralegal profession and exhibit ethical behavior. Most chapters require candidates to obtain faculty endorsements and to submit a personal statement. History Created in 1996 and sponsored by AAfPE, the socie ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Honor Societies
In the United States, an honor society is a rank organization that recognizes excellence among peers. Numerous societies recognize various fields and circumstances. The Order of the Arrow, for example, is the National Honor Society of the Boy Scouts of America. Chiefly, the term refers to scholastic honor societies, those that recognize students who excel academically or as leaders among their peers, often within a specific academic discipline. Many honor societies invite students to become members based on the scholastic rank (the top x% of a class) and/or grade point averages of those students, either overall, or for classes taken within the discipline for which the honor society provides recognition. In cases where academic achievement would not be an appropriate criterion for membership, other standards are usually required for membership (such as completion of a particular ceremony or training program). It is also common for a scholastic honor society to add a criterion re ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nu Beta Epsilon
Nu Beta Epsilon () is a professional law fraternity . History The fraternity is the result of a merger between two substantially identical groups: Nu Beta Epsilon, founded in 1919 at Northwestern University School of Law and Alpha Kappa Sigma (ΑΚΣ) found at University of Maryland Law School in 1918. Representatives of the two Fraternities met at Columbus, Ohio in 1939 and the merger was effected in 1940 with the name, motto and seal of the old Nu Beta Epsilon group. Membership Characteristics Nu Beta Epsilon was founded as a non-sectarian and did not have any racial membership limitations. Nu Beta Epsilon is considered Historically Jewish. Membership became open to women some time after the merger of the two groups. Traditions and Insignia The fraternity motto is (Law is king) Chapter List The chapters of Nu Beta Epsilon: * Alpha - University of Maryland Law School - 1918 * Brandeis - Northwestern University Law School - 1919 (Inactive prior to 1963) * Delta - Temple Uni ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kappa Beta Pi
Kappa Beta Pi () is a Legal Association which was formerly a professional law sorority in the United States. History Kappa Beta Pi was founded at Chicago-Kent College of Law, Chicago, Illinois on . Its Founders were: The sorority was incorporated in Illinois on December 15, 1908. This date is celebrated by chapters as Founders' Day. The organization was the first legal sorority in the U.S., that is, the first such group designed in the support of the legal profession. Since 1925, admission of new chapters has been limited to American schools that met the requirements for membership in the Association of American Law Schools, or to schools on the approved list of the American Bar Association, along with those foreign law schools meeting equivalent requirements. In 1927 its first international chapter was formed, ''Omicron chapter'', in Paris, France. This was later followed by chapters in London, England, in West Germany, in Shanghai, China, several in Canada, and one in the US ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kappa Alpha Pi (professional)
Kappa Alpha Pi () or KAPi (pronounced "Kap-ee") is a co-ed pre-law fraternity that began at The University of Michigan. Declaration of Purpose "The purpose of this Fraternity shall be to foster knowledge of the law for undergraduate students; to provide service to the greater community and campus; to promote a strong sense of fraternalism among members; to uphold the ideals and integrity of Kappa Alpha Pi Pre-Law Co-ed Fraternity; so that each member may advance his or her intellect while contributing actively to the well-being of others." Fraternity Organization and Leadership Kappa Alpha Pi is comprised nationally of almost 200 active members and is growing each semester with new pledge classes. While the size of each pledge class varies, the classes bond through their interest in the law, experiences they share, and the process of becoming members of Kappa Alpha Pi. The Executive Board leads the fraternity and each new pledge class. Though officer structure varies across ch ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sigma Delta Kappa
Sigma Delta Kappa () is a Professional Fraternity in the field of Law. It was founded in 1914 at the University of Michigan Law School. History Sigma Delta Kappa was founded as a Men's Professional Fraternity for Law on August 14, 1914. The founders were: It joined the Professional Interfraternity Conference in 1933, and was a chartering organization of the Professional Fraternity Association. Chapters The chapters of Sigma Delta Kappa as of the printing of Baird's manual in 1977 (reprinted in the 1991 ed.) were as follows. Active chapters at that time noted in bold, inactive chapters noted in ''italics'': *1914 ''Alpha'', Michigan *1914 ''Beta'', Chicago Law (school discontinued) *1915 Gamma, Indiana (Indianapolis) *1915 ''Delta'', Hamilton Law (Chicago) *1915 ''Epsilon'', Benton Law, St. Louis *1916 Zeta, Valparaiso *1917 Eta, University of Indianapolis *1917 Theta, Chattanooga College of Law *1920 ''Iota'', Washington and Lee University (1926) *1921 Kappa, Atlanta L ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Phi Delta Delta
Phi Delta Delta () was a women's professional law fraternity founded in 1911. It merged with Phi Alpha Delta in 1972.Phi Delta Delta History and Phi Alpha Delta History accessed 4 December 2021.Laura Duncan, “Happy Birthday, PADs”, Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, November 13, 1992. Law Bulletin Publishing Company (Chicago, 1992) History Phi Delta Delta was founded at the Law School of the University of Southern California on November 11, 1911. Founders were Georgia Bullock, Sarah Patten, Annette F. Hunley, Vere Radir Norton, and Gladys Moore. ...[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Phi Beta Gamma
Phi Beta Gamma () was a professional fraternity in the field of Law. History Phi Beta Gamma was founded on April 24, 1922 at Georgetown University School of Law. It was a founding member of the Professional Interfraternity Conference in 1928 and continued on to be a founding member of the Professional Fraternity Association from the merger of the PIC and PPA in 1978. Publications The quarterly publication is ''The Advocate'' 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: * ''Alpha'', 1922, Georgetown University Law School * ''Beta'', 1924, National University School of Law * ''Gamma'', 1925, University of Minnesota Law School * ''Delta'', 1925, St. Paul College of LawIn a merger of law schools, the St. Paul College of Law became the William Mitchell College of Law in 1956. * ''Epsilon'', 1925, George Washington University Law S ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Phi Alpha Delta
Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity, International ( or P.A.D.) is the largest professional law fraternity in the United States. Founded in 1902, P.A.D. has since grown to 717 established pre-law, law, and alumni chapters and over 330,000 initiated members. Application for membership to Phi Alpha Delta is available to undergraduate students, law school students, lawyers, judges, and politicians. Three of the sitting Justices of the United States Supreme Court are members of P.A.D. From 1964 to 1968, Tom C. Clark, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, served as Supreme Vice Justice of the Fraternity. Seven U.S. Presidents have likewise been members of P.A.D.https://www.pad.org/page/ProminentPADs Organization and government Pursuant to the Fraternity Policy Manual and By-Laws of Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity, International, the supreme governing body of the Fraternity is the International Chapter in Convention Assembled. The International Chapter is composed ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Gamma Eta Gamma
Gamma Eta Gamma () is a professional law fraternity and was a member of the Professional Fraternity Association. Chapters are limited to law schools on the approved list of the American Bar Association. History Gamma Eta Gamma was founded on February 25, 1901 at the University of Maine School of Law. By 1976 it had 33 charters and over 7,000 initiates. From the beginning the Fraternity exhorted its members to a high degree of personal and professional conduct. At founding, the three men who established the Fraternity wrote in their own handwriting into the preamble of its constitution: ''"We the undersigned students of the Law School of the University of Maine, with a view of establishing on this and other schools of law, as well as in the general practice of the profession, an elevated standard of personal deportment, a high code of professional ethics and a broad and catholic development of mental culture and moral character, do associate ourselves in the lasting bonds of a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Delta Theta Phi
Delta Theta Phi () is a professional law fraternity and a member of the Professional Fraternity Association. Delta Theta Phi is the only one of the two major law fraternities to charter chapters (senates) in the United States at non-American Bar Association-approved law schools. Delta Theta Phi can trace its roots to Delta Phi Delta on September 15, 1900 at the then-named Cleveland Law School, now Cleveland-Marshall College of Law in Ohio. Delta Theta Phi has initiated more than 138,000 members across the country and in several other nations. Delta Theta Phi is the only law fraternity with an authoritatively recognized law review, ''The Adelphia Law Journal''. Membership is the only requirement to submit a note for consideration for publication. Governance The governing body for the fraternity, called the Supreme Senate, has overseen the operation of the fraternity since 1913. The Supreme Senate was originally composed of seven elected officers until a student was added to the boa ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |