Sigma Nu Phi () was a professional law fraternity and a member of the

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History

Sigma Nu Phi was founded in 1903 at

National University School of Law National University School of Law was an American law school founded in Washington, D.C. in 1869. Originally intended as part of a larger design for a national university in the United States, the school was the principal component of National Uni ...

. In 1916, Sigma Nu Phi started publishing ''The Owl''.

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 ...

merged with Sigma Nu Phi in 1989, taking all of Sigma Nu Phi members into membership and gaining its ''The Adelphia Law Journal'', giving Delta Theta Phi its own authoritatively recognized law review.Delta Theta Phi - About Us - History
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Chapters

Chapters were named for Distinguished Lawyers. These included: *1903-1943. Joseph H. Choate Alpha, National University Law School *1910-1944.

Charles Evans Hughes Charles Evans Hughes Sr. (April 11, 1862 – August 27, 1948) was an American statesman, politician and jurist who served as the 11th Chief Justice of the United States from 1930 to 1941. A member of the Republican Party, he previously was the ...

Beta, Georgetown Law School *1916-1944.

William Howard Taft William Howard Taft (September 15, 1857March 8, 1930) was the 27th president of the United States (1909–1913) and the tenth chief justice of the United States (1921–1930), the only person to have held both offices. Taft was elected pr ...

Gamma, Detroit College of Law *1916-1940. Nathan Green Delta, Cumberland University *1917-1941. Gavin Craig Epsilon, University of Southern California *1921-1940. Jefferson Davis Zeta, University of Richmond *1921. John Marshall Eta, Stetson University *1922. Oliver Wendell Holmes Theta, Washington College of Law of American University *1922-1943.

Champ Clark James Beauchamp Clark (March 7, 1850March 2, 1921) was an American politician and attorney who represented Missouri in the United States House of Representatives and served as Speaker of the House from 1911 to 1919. Born in Kentucky, he establis ...

Iota, St. Louis *1922-1946. James G. Jenkins Kappa, Marquette University Law *1923-1935.

Richmond Pearson Richmond Mumford Pearson, Jr. (January 26, 1852 – September 12, 1923) was an American diplomat and member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina. Biography Richmond Mumford Pearson, Jr. was born 26 January 1852 at Richmond ...

Lambda, Trinity College (now Duke University *1923. Russell H. Conwell Mu, Temple University School of Law *1923-1940. William D. Mitchell (Nu) charter transferred 1934 from Northwestern College of Law to St. Paul College of Law/Minneapolis College of Law, Minneapolis, Minn. *1924-1943.

Stephen A. Douglas Stephen Arnold Douglas (April 23, 1813 – June 3, 1861) was an American politician and lawyer from Illinois. A senator, he was one of two nominees of the badly split Democratic Party for president in the 1860 presidential election, which wa ...

(Xi) Loyola University, Chicago, 111 *1925-1940. Edward Douglas White (Omicron) Loyola University, New Orleans, La. *1926. John F. Shafroth (Pi) Westminster College of Law, Denver, Colo. *1926. William Marvin Simmons (Rho) University of California, San Francisco, Cal. *1927. Sir Charles Hibbert Tupper (Sigma) Vancouver Law School, Vancouver, B. C. *1927. Leon P. Lewis (Tau) University of Louisville, Louisville, Ky. *1927.

John W. Davis John William Davis (April 13, 1873 – March 24, 1955) was an American politician, diplomat and lawyer. He served under President Woodrow Wilson as the Solicitor General of the United States and the United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom ...

(Upsilon) Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pa. *1928.

Grant Fellows Grant Fellows (April 13, 1865 – July 16, 1929) was an American jurist. Born in Hudson Township, Lenawee County, Michigan, Fellows went to Hudson High School in Hudson, Michigan. Fellows studied law and was admitted to the Michigan bar in 1886 ...

(Phi) Detroit City Law School, Detroit, Mich. *1929.

Alexander H. Stephens Alexander Hamilton Stephens (February 11, 1812 – March 4, 1883) was an American politician who served as the vice president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865, and later as the 50th governor of Georgia from 1882 until his death in 1 ...

(Chi) Atlanta Law School, Atlanta, Ga. *1936.

Robert S. Bean Robert Sharp Bean (November 28, 1854 – January 7, 1931) was the 16th Chief Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court, serving as Chief Justice three different times. He later served as a United States district judge of the United States District Cour ...

(Psi) Northwestern College of Law *1938. John H. Reagan (Omega) Law School, University of Texas *.

James Madison James Madison Jr. (March 16, 1751June 28, 1836) was an American statesman, diplomat, and Founding Father. He served as the fourth president of the United States from 1809 to 1817. Madison is hailed as the "Father of the Constitution" for h ...

(Alpha Alpha) Dept of Law University of Virginia *1975. H.A. Blackmun (Alpha Beta) Hamline Law School, St. Paul, MN *1980. Howard J. Munson (Alpha Eta) Syracuse *1980. Orville Richardson (Alpha Epsilon) St. Louis *1980.

Roscoe Pound Nathan Roscoe Pound (October 27, 1870 – June 30, 1964) was an American legal scholar and educator. He served as Dean of the University of Nebraska College of Law from 1903 to 1911 and Dean of Harvard Law School from 1916 to 1936. He was a membe ...

(Alpha Zeta) Nebraska *1981. Marion Griffith (Alpha Theta) Vanderbilt *1982. Allen D. Vestal Iowa *1982. Louis D. Brandeis (Alpha Beta) Cal Western Law

References

{{Professional Fraternities Defunct fraternities and sororities Student organizations established in 1903 1903 establishments in Washington, D.C. Former members of Professional Fraternity Association