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Nu Beta Epsilon

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Defunct American legal fraternity

Nu Beta Epsilon
ΝΒΕ
Founded	1919; 106 years ago (1919) Northwestern University Law School
Type	Professional
Affiliation	Independent
Status	Defunct
Defunct date	After 1969
Emphasis	Law, Jewish
Scope	National
Motto	Nomus Carcilia Esta (Law is king)
Publication	The Nu Bate
Chapters	23
Members	1,750 (as of 1963) lifetime
Headquarters	United States

Nu Beta Epsilon (ΝΒΕ) was an American professional Jewishlaw fraternity.^[1]^[2]

History

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Nu Beta Epsilon was formed in 1919 atNorthwestern University School of Law by Barnet Hodes, with the assistance ofLouis Brandeis and Dean Wigmore, as a Greek letter fraternity for Jewish students at accredited law schools.^[3]^[4]^[5] It expanded to other law schools across the United States.^[6] It also established an alumni association.^[6]

Alpha Kappa Sigma (ΑΚΣ) was a Jewish law fraternity founded by H. Edwin Siff atUniversity of Maryland Law School in 1918.^[4]^[7]^[2] Representatives of the two fraternities met at a convention inColumbus, Ohio in 1939 with Hodes as the keynote speaker.^[5]^[8]^[9] The merger of the two fraternities went into effect in 1940 under the name of the Nu Beta Epsilon group.^[9]^[2] A. D. G. Cohn of Atlanta was elected as its vice grand chancellor.^[8]

Nu Beta Epsilon's quarterly newsletter wasThe Nu Bete.^[2] The fraternity presented three awards each year:

Barnet Hodes Awards to an alumnus performing outstanding service to the fraternity on a national level^[2]
Ben Rubin Endowment to an undergraduate for scholarship, with the trophy going to his chapter^[2]
National Pledge Essay Award for the best legal essay written by a pledge^[2]

Symbols

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Nu Beta Epsilon adopted the seal and motto of the former Nu Beta Epsilon fraternity.^[2] Its motto wasNomus Carcilia Esta, meaning "Law is king".^[2] Its seal or crest included symbols associated with the legal professional.^[2]

Governance

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The Ground Council of the fraternity's annual national convention governed Nu Beta Epsilon.^[2]

Membership

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Nu Beta Epsilon was founded as non-sectarian, with no racial membership limitations.^[10] Originally male only, its membership became open to womenc. 1960.[2] In 1945, it had 850 members.^[1] Its membership had grown to 1,750 in 1968.^[1]

Chapter List

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The chapters of Nu Beta Epsilon were as follows. Active chapters are indicated inbold. Inactive chapters and institutions are initalics.

Chapter	Charter date and range	Institution	Location	Status	References
Alpha	1918	University of Maryland Law School	Baltimore City, Maryland	Inactive	^[2]
Brandeis	1919–c. 1935	Northwestern University Law School	Chicago, Illinois	Inactive	^[2]^[11]^[a]
Delta	1919–c. 1965	Temple University Law School	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Inactive	^[2]
Epsilon	1919–c. 1963	Newark Law School	Newark, New Jersey	Inactive	^[2]
Cardozo	1923	DePaul University College of Law	Chicago, Illinois	Inactive	^[2]
Benjamin	1924	Chicago-Kent College of Law	Chicago, Illinois	Inactive	^[2]^[12]^[b]
Marshall	1926	Washington University School of Law	St. Louis, Missouri	Inactive	^[2]^[13]
Chicago	1929–c. 1963	University of Chicago Law School	Chicago, Illinois	Inactive	^[2]
Horner	1921	University of Illinois Law School	Champaign, Illinois.	Inactive	^[2]
Beta Gamma	1931	George Washington University Law School andGeorgetown University Law School	Washington, D.C.	Inactive	^[2]
Loyola	1932–c. 1963	Loyola University Chicago School of Law	Chicago, Illinois	Inactive	^[2]
Zeta	1933	Atlanta Law School,Emory University Law School,Atlanta's John Marshall Law School	Atlanta, Georgia	Inactive	^[2]
Coleman	1941	University of Southern California Law School	Los Angeles, California	Inactive	^[2]
Theta	1946	University of Miami School of Law	Coral Gables, Florida	Inactive	^[2]
Currie	1950	UCLA School of Law	Los Angeles, California	Inactive	^[2]
Warren	September 1966	University of San Fernando College of Law	San Fernando, California	Inactive	^[14]^[c]^[d]
Gamma Gamma Lambda	September 1967	California College of Law	Hollywood, California	Inactive	^[15]
Traynor		Western State University College of Law	Orange County, California	Inactive	^[16]^[e]
Holmes	February 1, 1969	University of West Los Angeles School of Law	Los Angeles, California	Inactive	^[17]^[18]^[f]
	September 1969	John F. Kennedy University	Pleasant Hill, California	Inactive	^[19]
Baker		Humphrey College	Stockton, California	Inactive	^[20]^[21]^[g]
Dooley		Glendale University College of Law	Glendale, California	Inactive	^[h]^[22]
Sebring		Stetson University College of Law	Gulfport, Florida	Inactive	^[23]^[24]^[i]

^Chapter named forLouis Brandeis.
^Chapter named forJudah P. Benjamin.
^Chapter named forEarl Warren.
^The San Fernando Valley College of Law merged into the University of West Los Angeles in 2002.
^Chapter named forRoger J. Traynor.
^Chapter named forOliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
^Chapter is named for Joseph H. Baker, district attorney.
^In 1927, the chapter was renamed in honor of Raymond G. Dooley, a former faculty member.
^Chapter named forHarold Sebring.

Notable members

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Name	Chapter and year	Notability	References
Ellis Arnall	Honorary, 1946	Governor of Georgia	^[25]^[14]
Bernard Baruch	Honorary, 1946	Financier and statesman	^[25]
Louis Brandeis	Brandeis, 1919	Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States	^[4]^[14]
Raymond Burr		actor	^[26]
Benjamin N. Cardozo		Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States	^[14]
Joseph E. Davies		United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union	^[14]
Paul A. Dorf		State senator and judge	^[27]^[28]
Phillip C. Goldstick		Member ofIllinois General Assembly	^[29]
Barnet Hodes	Brandeis, 1919	Counsel of the City of Chicago	^[5]^[30]
Sam Massell	Alpha, 1936	Mayor of Atlanta	^[7]
Eurith D. Rivers	Zeta Honorary 1941	Governor of Georgia	^[31]
John M. Slaton	Zeta Honorary 1941	Governor of Georgia	^[32]^[31]^[33]
Harold Washington		Mayor of Chicago andU.S. House of Representatives	^[34]^[35]
Wendel Wilkie		lawyer, corporate executive, and nominee forPresident of the United States.	^[14]
Bernard B. Wolfe		Member ofIllinois General Assembly	^[36]

References

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^Dashefsky, Arnold; Sheskin, Ira (2012-09-03),"National Jewish Organizations",American Jewish Year Book, Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, p. 238,doi:10.1007/978-94-007-5204-7_9,ISBN 978-94-007-5203-0, retrieved2023-08-04
^^a ^b ^c"Woman Judge to Address Chapter of Law Fraternity".Valley News. Van Nuys, California. 1971-01-14. p. 10. Retrieved2023-08-04 – via Newspapers.com.
^^a ^b ^c"Hodes to Speak as Jewish Law Fraternities merge".Chicago Tribune. 1939-06-24. p. 13. Retrieved2023-08-04 – via Newspapers.com.
^^a ^b"Becker Elected as New President of Alumni Law Club".Suburbanite Economist. 1930-12-05. p. 14. Retrieved2023-08-04 – via Newspapers.com.
^^a ^b"Massell Will Head Alpha Kappa Sigma Jewish Law Council".The Atlanta Journal. 1936-01-07. p. 14. Retrieved2023-08-04 – via Newspapers.com.
^^a ^b"Atlantian Elected by Nu Beta Epsilon".The Atlanta Journal. 1939-06-28. p. 21. Retrieved2023-08-04 – via Newspapers.com.
^^a ^bYork, Kenneth H. (May 1952). "Legal Fraternities".Michigan Law Review.50 (7): 1048.doi:10.2307/1284939.JSTOR 1284939.
^Marianne Rachel Sanua (2003).Going Greek: Jewish College Fraternities in the United States, 1895-1945. Wayne State University Press. p. 318.ISBN 0-8143-2857-1.
^"Collection: Records of Nu Beta Epsilon, Northwestern University (Brandeis) Chapter | Archival and Manuscript Collections".Northwestern. Retrieved2023-08-04.
^"Nu Beta Epsilon Fraternity".Chicago-Kent Law Review.7 (1): 4. October 1928.
^Chicago-Kent Law Review October 1928
^^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f"Law Fraternity Branch Formed at Valley School".Los Angeles Evening Citizen News. 1966-09-08. p. 13. Retrieved2023-08-04 – via Newspapers.com.
^"Chapter of Law Fraternity Receives Charter in Rites".Valley News. Van Nuys, California. 1967-09-08. p. 12. Retrieved2023-08-04 – via Newspapers.com.
^"Local Men New Legal Fraternity Leaders".Anaheim Bulletin. Anaheim, California. 1976-03-01. p. 12. Retrieved2023-08-04 – via Newspapers.com.
^"Fraternity to Gain Chapter".The Los Angeles Times. 1969-01-09. p. 165. Retrieved2023-08-04 – via Newspapers.com.
^"Nu Beta Epsilon Nat Law Frat".The Los Angeles Times. 1979-11-21. p. 68. Retrieved2023-08-04 – via Newspapers.com.
^"Law Fraternity Formed at JFK".Contra Costa Times. Walnut Creek, California. 1969-09-11. p. 33. Retrieved2023-08-04 – via Newspapers.com.
^"County District Attorney Lauded".Tracy Press. Tracy, California. 1971-06-30. p. 20. Retrieved2023-08-04 – via Newspapers.co.
^"Fellow voters, Joe Baker is the only Experienced, Qualified Candidate".Tracy Press. Tracy, California. 1974-06-03. p. 7. Retrieved2023-08-04 – via Newspapers.com.
^"Chapter Announces Scholar Fund Drive".The Los Angeles Times. 1972-03-12. p. 299. Retrieved2023-08-04 – via Newspapers.com.
^"Naze-Masi".Tampa Bay Times. Florida. 1969-08-31. p. 67. Retrieved2023-08-04 – via Newspapers.com.
^"Honorary Member".The Orlando Sentinel. Florida. 1969-04-22. p. 9. Retrieved2023-08-04 – via Newspapers.com.
^^a ^b"Baruch, Arnall to Be Honored"(PDF).The New York Times. p. 14. Retrieved2023-08-04.
^"Law Fraternity to Meet Here".The Evening Sun. Baltimore, Maryland. 1960-08-22. p. 11. Retrieved2023-08-04 – via Newspapers.com.
^"Maryland State Senator Paul A. Dorf".msa.maryland.gov. Retrieved2023-08-04.
^"Judge Paul A. Dorf, 86".Baltimore Sun. 2012-07-08. Retrieved2023-08-04.
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^^a ^b"A. D. G. Cohn Heads Nu Beta Epsilons".The Atlanta Journal. 1941-07-10. p. 25. Retrieved2023-08-04 – via Newspapers.com.
^Bauman, Mark K. (Fall 1998). "Factionalism and Ethnic Politics in Atlanta: The German Jews from the Civil War through the Progressive Era".The Georgia Historical Quarterly.82 (3): 556.JSTOR 40583948.
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Former and formerly active members of the Professional Fraternity Association or its predecessors: Professional Panhellenic Association or Professional Interfraternity Conference	Alpha Delta Theta Alpha Delta Sigma Alpha Kappa Kappa Alpha Sigma Alpha Alpha Tau Delta Alpha Omega Beta Alpha Psi Gamma Eta Gamma Gamma Iota Sigma Delta Epsilon Iota Delta Sigma Delta Delta Psi Kappa Epsilon Eta Phi Zeta Phi Eta Theta Kappa Psi Theta Sigma Upsilon Theta Sigma Phi Iota Sigma Pi Kappa Alpha Pi Kappa Beta Pi Kappa Delta Epsilon Kappa Phi Kappa Nu Sigma Nu Xi Psi Phi Omicron Delta Kappa Omicron Nu Pi Lambda Theta Sigma Delta Chi Sigma Nu Phi Sigma Sigma Sigma Sigma Phi Delta (now social) Phi Beta Gamma Phi Beta Pi Phi Delta Delta Phi Delta Gamma Phi Delta Kappa Phi Delta Pi Phi Delta Phi (now honor society) Phi Epsilon Kappa Phi Lambda Kappa Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia (now social) Phi Rho Sigma Phi Upsilon Omicron Phi Chi Chi Beta Phi Psi Omega Omega Tau Sigma Omega Upsilon Phi Pershing Rifles Scabbard and Blade Scarab
North American Interfraternity Conference	Alpha Gamma Rho Alpha Gamma Sigma
Active independent professional fraternities	Alpha Gamma Kappa Alpha Zeta Omega Alpha Eta Rho Alpha Iota Alpha Psi Gamma Epsilon Tau Delta Sigma Theta Delta Theta Sigma Delta Kappa Gamma Delta Kappa Phi Delta Phi Epsilon Kappa Gamma Psi Kappa Pi Nu Beta Epsilon Phi Delta Kappa (sorority) Phi Sigma Gamma Phi Psi Chi Delta Mu Chi Eta Phi Block and Bridle Queens' Guard
Inactive independent professional fraternities	Aleph Yodh He Alpha Epsilon Iota Alpha Tau Sigma Chi Zeta Chi Delta Omicron Alpha Pi Delta Nu

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