Kappa Beta Pi
Kappa Beta Pi is a Legal Association which was formerly a professional law sorority in the United States.History
Kappa Beta Pi was founded at Chicago-Kent College of Law, Chicago, Illinois in Autumn of 1908, founders were:
- Mrs. Alice Craig Edgerton
- Mary A. Sellers
- Claire L. Gleason
- Phyllis M. Kelley
- Nettie Rothblum
- Charlotte Doolittle
- Mrs. Alice A. Prince
- Anna Knabjohann
- Sue M. Brown
- Mrs. Katherine S. Clark.
The sorority was incorporated in Illinois on December 15, 1908. This date is celebrated by chapters as Founders' Day.
At the 1973 convention, the name was changed to Kappa Beta Pi Legal Association International. At the May 1976 convention in Columbus Ohio, all references believed to indicate a restriction of membership to women were removed.
