About Our Fraternity
Founded in 1902, Phi Alpha Delta is the largest law fraternity in the United States and worldwide. The fraternity is co-ed, being the first law fraternity to open membership to all genders, races, creeds, and national origins. Prominent members of the fraternity, both past and present, include U.S. Presidents, Supreme Court Justices, and Members of Congress. Our pre-law chapter is the largest pre-legal organization on campus at the University of Florida. Each semester, we participate in and organize community service activities, host a law school symposium, organize socials for fraternity members, and hold bi-weekly meetings featuring guest speakers, such as lawyers, judges, law professors and law school advisors, who speak on a variety of issues related to law from law school admissions to law as a career.
The purpose of our fraternity is to form a strong bond uniting students and teachers of the law with members of the Bench and Bar in a fraternal fellowship designed to advance the ideals of liberty and equal justice under law; to stimulate excellence in scholarship; to inspire the virtues of compassion and courage; to foster integrity and professional competence; to promote the welfare of its members; and to encourage their moral, intellectual, and cultural advancement; so that each member may enjoy a lifetime of honorable professional and public service.