Gamma Eta Gamma
Gamma Eta Gamma () is a professional law fraternity and was a member of the Professional Fraternity Association. Chapters are limited to law schools on the approved list of the American Bar Association. History. Gamma Eta Gamma was founded on February 25, 1901 at the University of Maine School of Law. By 1976 it had 33 charters and over 7,000 initiates. From the beginning the Fraternity exhorted its members to a high degree of personal and professional conduct. At founding, the three men who established the Fraternity wrote in their own handwriting into the preamble of its constitution : ""We the undersigned students of the Law School of the University of Maine, with a view of establishing on this and other schools of law, as well as in the general practice of the profession, an elevated standard of personal deportment, a high code of professional ethics and a broad and catholic development of mental culture and moral character, do associate ourselves in the lasting bonds of a fraternal union under the name of Gamma Eta Gamma."" The pledge manual included chapters on how to study law effectively, a chapter on etiquette, and general fraternity information. Founders. The founders were : Conventions and Government. The convention, called a "Witan", was at first held annually beginning in 1901. Later this shifted to a biennial basis, with province conferences held in off years. While the Fraternity had multiple chapters, in the interim between conventions, management responsibilities were held by a council of twelve members called the "Curia," consisting of four elective executive officers and officials from the eight provinces of the fraternity. Eight of these twelve leaders were required to be alumni. By 2017, there was one remaining active chapter, at the University of Minnesota Law School. Governance is now held by this  successor chapter, managed as an informal, local fraternity with cooperative housing, in Minneapolis. Traditions and Insignia. Founders' Day is generally held on the anniversary of founding, February 25. However some chapters celebrated the "Prandium Cancellari" on June 7, which was the date of the fraternity's first banquet in 1901. The badge is a shield with a lamp, a star and a "Roman fasces" or bundle, above the motto. A triangle encloses the letter ' with ' on both sides and below a balance. The official badge contains 20 pearls surrounding the shield. The outgoing president, or High Chancellor is awarded a  badge with a diamond border. The pledge pin is a circular button, with the letters ' ' appearing in a circle on a red field, imposed on a triangle, with the rest of the button in black. There is a "fasces" key, in gold, for alumni graduated with a degree in law, with the letters of the Fraternity name on the face of the key. The colors of the Fraternity are red and black. Chapter list. Chapter information from Baird's Manual. Inactive groups indicated by "italics," the active chapter in bold. Where known, dates of inactivity are noted. The only active  chapter is "Chi chapter" at Minnesota, which maintains active membership for law students.