The Oldest & Most Prestigious Law Fraternity in North America - Founded 1869

Phi Delta Phi International Legal Fraternity, established in the year 1869 to promote a higher standard of professional ethics, is among the oldest of legal organizations in North America. The Fraternity was established only six months after the Columbus, Ohio Bar Association and nine years before the American Bar Association. It holds a unique position in the history of the North American bench, bar and the law schools. During the past three decades, Phi Delta Phi's reputation as an organization devoted to legal excellence has begun to spread into México and Europe.

Phi Delta Phi has one hundred and thirty-one active chapters -- called Inns -- in the Western Hemisphere and the number increases yearly. Phi Delta Phi has initiated in excess of 200,000 members making it the world's largest legal fraternity whose membership is restricted to students and practitioners of the law.

PHI DELTA PHIS

The total initiated membership of Phi Delta Phi exceeds 200,000 persons. More judges, American presidents, governors, senators, representatives, cabinet members, ambassadors, American Bar Association presidents, Association of American Law School presidents and law school Deans have come from the ranks of Phi Delta Phi than from any other legal fraternity.

American presidents, Supreme Court justices and prominent members of the bar and bench who have been initiated into Phi Delta Phi include:

Prominent members of the bench, bar and political community from Canada, include:

Rosalie Abella John Aird Lincoln Alexander W. Ian Binnie Archie Campbell Jules Deschenes Alan B. Gold Peter Hogg Paul S. A. Lamek Claire L'Heureux-Dubé

Lauren Marshall Roland Martland R. Roy McMurtry Daniel R. Michner John W. Morden William D. Parker Robert J. Pirie Bob Rae James B. Southey John Napier Turner

Notable members from México and Guatemala include:

Luisa de Padilla Fernando Elizondo Francisco Garcia Jimeno José Gomez Gordoa Francisco José Castillo L. Genera

David Gongora Pimentel Arturo Salinas-Martinez Luis Santos Ricardo Sagastume Pedro Zorilla