Phi Delta Phi

Mission Statement

Phi Delta Phi International Legal Fraternity (PDP) was established in the year 1869 to promote a higher standard of professional ethics. It is among the oldest of legal organizations in North America.

The Fraternity holds a unique position in the history of the North American bench, bar and the law schools. It was established just six months after the Columbus, Ohio, Bar Association's foundation and nine years before the American Bar Association.

PDP has 131 active chapters -- called Inns -- in the Western Hemisphere and the number increases annually. Its 200,000 members make it the world's largest legal fraternity whose membership is restricted to students and practitioners of the law.

In the past three decades, Phi Delta Phi's reputation as an organization devoted to legal excellence has spread into México and Europe.

Annual Activities

• Clothing drive
• Wine tasting
• Outline exchange evening
• Career panels

Past activities have included:

• Clothing drive for area shelters
• Monthly social events including wine tasting, ice hockey games, and bowling
• Monthly community service events
• Outlining evening, where members exchange outlines and give advice on creating better outlines
• Networking events with PDP alumni
• Career panels
• Panels discussing ethical issues encountered in the legal profession
• Entertainment Book sales

Membership

Phi Delta Phi allows students to pledge in their first semester, but extends membership to a first-year student only after mid-term grades have been posted.

• Requirements of membership are a 2.7 GPA or membership on either a moot court team, the William O. Douglas Committee, the Law Review, or an SBA office
• Membership is open to both men and women
• A bulletin board containing membership lists for the Fraternity is located near the Law Library

$100 initiation fee for lifetime membership. Pays for both local and international dues.

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