JOIN PHI DELTA PHI
Membership in Phi Delta Phi is a mark of distinction that reflects a commitment to scholastic achievement, professional ethics and honorable achievement. If you qualify for membership and are invited to join while in law school or as an undergraduate student pursuing a pre-law curriculum, you are one of a select group of students who excel academically and enjoy the respect of their peers and professors.
Phi Delta Phi is the oldest legal organization in continuous existence in the United States, predating even the American Bar Association. It was founded in 1869 at the University of Michigan School of Law by four law students, who at the urging of their faculty, endeavored to create an association that would foster scholarship, civility, and ethical conduct in our profession. Since that time, Phi Delta Phi has grown beyond the borders of the United States to Canada, Latin America and Europe.