Welcome to the Hall of Phi Delta Phi at the University of Michigan!
President’s Welcome
Phi Delta Phi began in 1869, when a small group of law students met in the Gregory House on Main and Huron and chartered Kent Inn, founding the first professional legal organization in the country devoted to ethics in the practice of law. Phi Delta Phi predates the American Bar Association. It has initiated more than 200,000 members, produced more judges, senators, and Supreme Court justices than any other legal society, and it started three blocks from where our brothers now hold chapter.
As the only pre-law organization at Michigan with a parallel law school chapter, we are able to offer our brothers opportunities that are difficult to find anywhere else on campus: law school tours, professor and attorney panels, LSAT and GRE preparation, resume and cover letter workshops, internship support, and direct mentorship from the law students of Kent Inn. We also believe that the practice of law is itself an act of public service. Our philanthropy and service work reflect that belief, and we encourage every brother to see a future legal career as an opportunity to advocate for people who need it.
I joined PDP in the fall of my sophomore year. I was looking for a group of people who took the pre-law path seriously without taking themselves too seriously, and I found exactly that. This Hall has given me mentors who read my application essays line by line, friends I go out with after our Sunday meetings, and the chance to lead an organization whose history I find genuinely humbling. Some weeks I need feedback on a personal statement. Other weeks I just need someone to sit across the table from me in the library. Either way, a brother always answers. That is the part of PDP I would not have known to look for when I rushed, and it is the part I would tell you matters most.
I hope you will keep reading through this site and follow us on Instagram to get a fuller sense of our brothers and what we value. If you have questions about the Hall, about recruitment, or about the pre-law path in general, don’t hesitate to reach out at alechar@umich.edu.
Alec Hardy
Magister