List of Delta Theta Phi chapters

Delta Theta Phi is an American professional law fraternity and a member of the Professional Fraternity Association. It was established September 26, 1913, by the merger of three law fraternities: Alpha Kappa Phi, Delta Phi Delta and Theta Lambda Phi.^[1][2][3] The merged chapters continued to use their original charter dates, rather than the merger date. Delta Theta Phi merged with Sigma Nu Phi in 1989.

Following is an incomplete list of the fraternity's senates or chapters,^[4] with active chapters in bold and inactive chapters and institutions in italics.^[5][1][6]

Chapter	Date	Institution	Location	Status	Reference
Ranney (see William McKinley)	September 15, 1900	Cleveland Law School	Cleveland, Ohio		[a]
Wigmore	1902–1951	Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law	Chicago, Illinois	Inactive	[b]
Holmes	1903–1932	Dickinson College	Carlisle, Pennsylvania	Inactive	[c]
Cooley	1903	Detroit College of Law (now Michigan State University College of Law)	East Lansing, Michigan		[d]
Finch	1903–1953	Cornell Law School	Ithaca, New York	Inactive	[e]
Bleckley	1904–1915, 1947	University of Georgia School of Law	Athens, Georgia		[f]
Harlan-McKusick	1904	University of South Dakota School of Law	Vermillion, South Dakota	Active	[7][g]
Freeman	1904–1912, 1966	University of Tennessee College of Law	Knoxville, Tennessee	Active	[8][h]
Warvelle	1904	DePaul University College of Law	Chicago, Illinois		[i]
Mitchell	1905	University of Minnesota Law School	Minneapolis, Minnesota		[j]
Day	1905	Case Western Reserve University School of Law	Cleveland, Ohio	Active	[9][k][l]
Kent	1907–1955	New York Law School	Tribeca, New York City, New York	Inactive	[m]
Lurton	1907–1942	Chattanooga College of Law	Chattanooga, Tennessee	Inactive	[n]
Epsilon (see Joseph T. Robinson)	1908–1913	University of Arkansas School of Law	Fayetteville, Arkansas	Consolidated	[o]
Douglas	1908	University of Illinois Chicago School of Law	Chicago, Illinois		[p]
Lincoln	1909–1934	University of Chicago Law School	Chicago, Illinois	Inactive	[q]
Burks	1909–1918, 1958	Washington and Lee University School of Law	Lexington, Virginia		[r]
Magruder (see Daniel Webster)	1909–1923	Chicago-Kent College of Law	Chicago, Illinois	Consolidated	[10][s]
Ramsey	1910	William Mitchell College of Law	Saint Paul, Minnesota	Active	[11][t]
Marshall	1910–1938, 1946	Claude W. Pettit College of Law	Ada, Ohio		[u]
Von Moschzisker	1910–1928	University of Pennsylvania Law School	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Inactive	[v]
E. D. While	1910	Georgetown University Law Center	Washington, D.C.		[w]
Parker	1910–1915	Union College	Schenectady, New York	Inactive	[x]
Jefferson	1911–1937, 1946	University of Richmond School of Law	Richmond, Virginia		[y]
Ingalls	1912	Washburn University School of Law	Topeka, Kansas		[z]
Christiancy	1912	University of Michigan Law School	Ann Arbor, Michigan		[aa]
Bryan	1912	Creighton University School of Law	Omaha, Nebraska		[ab]
Field	1912	USC Gould School of Law	Los Angeles, California		[ac]
Fuller	1912	Fordham University School of Law	Manhattan, New York City, New York		[ad]
Benton	1912	Washington University School of Law	St. Louis, Missouri		[ae]
Deady	1913–1926, 1948	University of Oregon School of Law	Eugene, Oregon		[af]
Chase	1913	Ohio State University Moritz College of Law	Columbus, Ohio		[ag]
Wayne	1914	Atlanta Law School	Atlanta, Georgia	Inactive	[ah]
Dwight	1914–1932	Columbia Law School	New York City, New York	Inactive
Daniel Webster (see Magruder)	1915	Chicago-Kent College of Law	Chicago, Illinois	Active	[12][10][ai]
Snyder	1915–1939, 1947	University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Law	Kansas City, Missouri
John Adams	1915	Boston University School of Law	Boston, Massachusetts
Pitney	1915–1953	Rutgers Law School	Camden and Newark, New Jersey	Inactive	[aj]
Howat	1915	S.J. Quinney College of Law	Salt Lake City, Utah
Hosmer	1916	University of Detroit Mercy School of Law	Detroit, Michigan	Active	[13]
Gibson	1916–1936, 1947	University of Pittsburgh School of Law	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Russell	1916–1916	New York University School of Law	Manhattan, New York City, New York	Inactive
Brewer	1916	University of Kansas School of Law	Lawrence, Kansas
Woodrow Wilson	1916	George Washington University Law School	Washington, D.C.
Sam Houston	1916–1941, 1948	University of Texas School of Law	Austin, Texas
William McKinley (see Ranney)	1919–1946	John Marshall School of Law	Cleveland, Ohio	Consolidated	[ak]
Robert E. Lee	1919	University of Virginia School of Law	Charlottesville, Virginia
Chester Cicero Cole	1921	Drake University Law School	Des Moines, Iowa	Active	[14]
George H. Williams	1921	Pritzker School of Law	Chicago, Illinois
Franz C. Eschweiler	1921	Marquette University Law School	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
John Forrest Dillon	1921	University of Iowa College of Law	Iowa City, Iowa
Howell E. Jackson	1921–19xx ?, 1956	Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law	Memphis, Tennessee
Bliss	1921–1953	University of Missouri School of Law	Columbia, Missouri	Inactive
Alexander Hamilton	1922	Brooklyn Law School	New York City, New York
Roger Brooks Taney	1922–1929, 1947	University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law	Baltimore, Maryland
Samuel Maxwell	1922	University of Nebraska College of Law	Lincoln, Nebraska
Elihu Root	1922	Stanford Law School	Stanford, California
John Bell Keeble	1922	Vanderbilt University Law School	Nashville, Tennessee
Garrett McEnerney	1922–1941	UC Berkeley School of Law	Berkeley, California	Inactive
Robert Armitage Bakewell	1922	Saint Louis University School of Law	St. Louis, Missouri
John Story	1923	University of Washington School of Law	Seattle, Washington
Wesley Newcombe Hohfeld	1923–1929	Yale Law School	New Haven, Connecticut	Inactive
Daniel W. Voorhhes	1923–1942	Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law	Indianapolis, Indiana	Inactive
William H. Battle	1924–1931, 1947	University of North Carolina School of Law	Chapel Hill, North Carolina
David Davis	1925–1936, 1948	University of Illinois College of Law	Champaign, Illinois		[15][al]
Joseph McKenna	1925	Loyola University Chicago School of Law	Chicago, Illinois
John Donaldson Fleming	1926–1932	University of Colorado Law School	Boulder, Colorado	Inactive
Edgar Howard Farrar	1926	Loyola University New Orleans College of Law	New Orleans, Louisiana
Judson Harmon	1927–1930	University of Cincinnati College of Law	Cincinnati, Ohio	Inactive
John Hemphill	1927	Dedman School of Law	Dallas, Texas
David Demaree Banta	1928–1930, 1947	Indiana University Maurer School of Law	Bloomington, Indiana
Joseph Rucker Lamar	1928–1930, 1947	Mercer University School of Law	Macon, Georgia
Charles Beecher Warren	1928	Wayne State University Law School	Detroit, Michigan
Charles E. Wolverton	1928	Willamette University College of Law	Salem, Oregon
John Jay	1928–1943, 1948	St. John's University School of Law	Jamaica, Queens, New York City, New York
T. Austin Gavin	1940	University of Tulsa College of Law	Tulsa, Oklahoma
John W. Davis	1941	American University Washington College of Law	Washington, D.C.
Hughes (see Woodrow Wilson)	1941–1954	National University School of Law	Washington, D.C.	Consolidated	[am]
Joseph T. Robinson	1941–19xx ?, 2015	University of Arkansas School of Law	Fayetteville, Arkansas	Active	[16][17]
Taft	1941	University of Toledo College of Law	Toledo, Ohio
Vinson	1947	University of Florida Levin College of Law	Gainesville, Florida
Edmonson	1947	University of Oklahoma College of Law	Norman, Oklahoma
Hart	1947	William McKinley Law School	Canton, Ohio	Inactive
Byrnes	1947	Duke University School of Law	Durham, North Carolina
Clay	1948	University of Louisville School of Law	Louisville, Kentucky
Green	1948	Cumberland School of Law	Homewood, Alabama
Lohnes	1948–1954	Columbus University	Washington, D.C.	Consolidated	[an]
F. Warren	1948	Stetson University College of Law	Gulfport, Florida
Alexander	1949	Baylor Law School	Waco, Texas
Cardozo	1949	University of Miami School of Law	Coral Gables, Florida
Evans	1949	University of Wisconsin Law School	Madison, Wisconsin
Rentner	1949	Valparaiso University School of Law	Valparaiso, Indiana	Inactive	[ao]
Traynor	1949	University of California College of the Law, San Francisco	San Francisco, California		[ap]
S. White	1949	Loyola Law School	Los Angeles, California
Bickett	1950	St. Mary's University School of Law	San Antonio, Texas
Loring (see Ramsey)	1950			Consolidated	[aq]
Cullen	1955	University of Houston Law Center	Houston, Texas
E. E. Townes	July 20, 1956	South Texas College of Law Houston	Houston, Texas	Active	[18]
Fuchsberg Senate	1983	Touro Law Center	Central Islip, New York	Active	[19]
Francis J. Larkin	1992	University of Massachusetts School of Law	Dartmouth, Massachusetts	Active	[ar]
William K. Sutter	February 28, 2014	Maurice A. Deane School of Law	Hempstead, New York	Active	[19][20]
R. C. Bryan		Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law	Raleigh, North Carolina	Active	[21]
		San Joaquin College of Law	Clovis, California	Active	[22]
Egly		University of La Verne College of Law	Ontario, Canada	Active	[23]
McClennan		William H. Bowen School of Law	Little Rock, Arkansas	Active	[24][4]
		Mitchell Hamline School of Law	Saint Paul, Minnesota	Active	[25]
		Northern Illinois University	DeKalb, Illinois	Active	[26]
Bernard Jeffeson		University of West Los Angeles School of Law	Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California	Active	[27][28]
Jefferson Davis		University of Mississippi School of Law	Oxford, Mississippi	Active	[29][30]
Nathanael Greene		Elon University School of Law	Elon, North Carolina	Active	[31]
	2014 (rechartered)	Thomas Jefferson School of Law	San Diego, California	Active	[32]

Notes

1. Chapter formed from the Alpha chapter of Delta Phi Delta at the Cleveland Law School, which merged with the John Marshall School of Law in 1946, and is now the Cleveland State University College of Law.
2. Chapter formed from the Alpha chapter of Alpha Kappa Phi.
3. Chapter formed from the Holmes chapter of Theta Lambda Phi. Dickinson's Law School merged with Penn State University in 2000.
4. Chapter formed from merging the Cooley chapter of Theta Lambda Phi, established in 1903, and the Delta chapter of Delta Phi Delta, established in 1907.
5. Chapter formed from the Finch chapter of Theta Lambda Phi.
6. Chapter formed from the Bleckley chapter of Theta Lambda Phi.
7. Chapter formed from the Beta chapter of Delta Phi Delta.
8. Chapter originated as the Reese Law Club in 1898 and became the Freeman chapter of Theta Lambda Phi in 1903.
9. Chapter formed from the Beta chapter of Alpha Kappa Phi.
10. Chapter formed from the merger of the Gamma chapter of Delta Phi Delta, established in 1905, and the Zeta chapter of Alpha Kappa Phi, established in 1909.
11. Chapter formed from the Day chapter of Theta Lambda Phi at the Franklin Thomas Backus Law School, now Case Western Reserve University School of Law.
12. Chapter formed at Franklin Thomas Backus, now Case Western Reserve University School of Law.
13. Chapter formed from the Kent chapter of Theta Lambda Phi.
14. Chapter formed from the Lurton chapter of Theta Lambda Phi. The college closed in 1942.
15. Chapter formed from the Epsilon chapter of Delta Phi Delta. It consolidated with the Robinson chapter in 1913.
16. Chapter formed from the merger of Gamma chapter of Alpha Kappa Phi, established in 1909, and the Zeta chapter of Delta Phi Delta, established in 1912, at the John Marshall Law School, which merged with the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2019, becoming the UIC John Marshall Law School.
17. Chapter formed from the Delta chapter of Alpha Kappa Phi.
18. Chapter formed from the Burks chapter of Theta Lambda Phi.
19. Chapter formed from Eta chapter of Alpha Kappa Phi. Later, it consolidated with Webster chapter when Chicago-Kent merged with Webster College.
20. Chapter formed from the Eta chapter of Delta Phi Delta.
21. Chapter formed from the Marshall chapter of Theta Lambda Phi at Ohio Northern.
22. Chapter formed from the Von Moschzisker chapter of Theta Lambda Phi.
23. Chapter formed from the White chapter of Theta Lambda Phi.
24. Chapter formed from the Parker chapter of Theta Lambda Phi.
25. Chapter formed from the Jefferson chapter of Theta Lambda Phi.
26. Chapter formed from Theta chapter of Alpha Kappa Phi.
27. Chapter formed from the Iota chapter of Alpha Kappa Phi.
28. Chapter formed from the Theta chapter of Delta Phi Delta.
29. Chapter formed from the Field chapter of Theta Lambda Phi.
30. Chapter formed from the Fuller chapter of Theta Lambda Phi.
31. Chapter formed from the Iota chapter of Delta Phi Delta
32. Chapter formed from the Deady chapter of Theta Lambda Phi.
33. Chapter formed from the Chase chapter of Theta Lambda Phi.
34. This school closed in 1994.
35. Chapter was chartered at the Webster College of Law in Chicago. In 1923, the chapter consolidated with Magruder chapter when Webster merged with Chicago-Kent.
36. Chapter formed at the New Jersey Law School, now Rutgers Law School.
37. Chapter consolidated with Ranney chapter when the John Marshall School of Law merged with the Cleveland Law School to form Cleveland-Marshall Law School.
38. Chapter formed from Lambda Epsilon Chi (local).
39. Chapter merged with the Woodrow Wilson chapter when National University merged with George Washington University Law School in 1954.
40. Chapter consolidated with the chapter at Catholic University when Columbus University merged with the law program of CUA to become the Columbus School of Law at Catholic University of America.
41. The law school closed in 2020.
42. Chapter formed at Hastings College of Law, now the University of California College of the Law, San Francisco.
43. Chapter consolidated with the Ramsey chapter.
44. Chapter was formed at the Southern New England School of Law, now UMass Law.