Delta Theta Phi
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Delta Theta Phi is a professional law
fraternity
and a member of the Professional Fraternity Association
. The smallest of the three internationally recognized law fraternities (the other two being Phi Alpha Delta, the largest, and Phi Delta Phi), Delta Theta Phi is the only one of the three 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 1900 at the then-named Cleveland Law School
. Delta Theta Phi has initiated more than 136,000 members across the country and in several other nations.
After more than 30 years with its headquarters in Ohio, Delta Theta Phi is now headquartered at Campbell University
, Norman A. Wiggins School of Law
, in North Carolina.
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.
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 board to assure a more complete student representation. In the 1970s, a second student position was added.
Law
Law is a system of rules and guidelines which are enforced through social institutions to govern behavior, wherever possible. It shapes politics, economics and society in numerous ways and serves as a social mediator of relations between people. Contract law regulates everything from buying a bus...
fraternity
Professional fraternity
Professional fraternities, in the North American fraternity system, are organizations whose primary purpose is to promote the interests of a particular profession and whose membership is restricted to students in that particular field of professional education or study...
and a member of the Professional Fraternity Association
Professional Fraternity Association
The Professional Fraternity Association is an association of national, collegiate, professional fraternities and sororities that was formed 1978. Since PFA groups are discipline-specific, members join while pursuing graduate degrees as well as undergraduate degrees...
. The smallest of the three internationally recognized law fraternities (the other two being Phi Alpha Delta, the largest, and Phi Delta Phi), Delta Theta Phi is the only one of the three 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 1900 at the then-named Cleveland Law School
Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
The Cleveland–Marshall College of Law is the law school of Cleveland State University, located in Cleveland, Ohio. The school traces its origins to the founding of Cleveland Law School in 1897 which, in 1946, merged with the John Marshall School of Law, founded in 1916, to become Cleveland–Marshall...
. Delta Theta Phi has initiated more than 136,000 members across the country and in several other nations.
After more than 30 years with its headquarters in Ohio, Delta Theta Phi is now headquartered at Campbell University
Campbell University
Campbell University is a coeducational, church-related university in rural North Carolina, USA. Its main campus is located in the community of Buies Creek; its law school moved from Buies Creek to a new campus in the state capital of Raleigh in 2009. Campbell has an approximately equal number of...
, Norman A. Wiggins School of Law
Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law
The Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law is a private law school located in Raleigh, North Carolina. Founded in 1976, the law school is one of six graduate programs offered by Campbell University...
, in North Carolina.
Delta Theta Phi is the only law fraternity with an authoritatively recognized law review
Law review
A law review is a scholarly journal focusing on legal issues, normally published by an organization of students at a law school or through a bar association...
, The Adelphia Law Journal. Membership is the only requirement to submit a note for consideration for publication.
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 board to assure a more complete student representation. In the 1970s, a second student position was added.