On March 17, 1917, five influential women at New York University Law School in Manhattan took a pledge of sisterhood and so founded the Alpha Chapter of Delta Phi Epsilon.
Delta Phi Epsilon is one of the first non-sectarian, social sororities and is the only sorority founded at a professional school. We have over 100 chapters across the United States and Canada, making us an international sorority.
Attending law school when you don’t have basic voting rights is a bold move. Our Founders were bold, courageous students who challenged the status quo and did not let society define their future. They were forward-thinking women who saw beyond what sorority was and knew what it could be. Today, our Sorority stays true to our founding. Sisters find more than a home or friendship in DPhiE. In keeping out motto, esse quam videri, we find empowerment to live authentic and purposeful lives.
In each of Delta Phi Epsilon’s chapters, members serve their communities, challenge the status quo and support each other in upholding DPhiE’s core values of justice, sisterhood and love.
Our colors are royal purple and pure gold. Our jewel is the pearl, our flower is the lovely purple iris, and our mascot is the unicorn.
VALUES: In each of Delta Phi Epsilon’s chapters, members serve their communities, challenge the status quo and support each other in upholding DPhiE’s core values of justice, sisterhood and love.
COLORS: Royal Purple and Pure Gold
FLOWER: Iris
MASCOT: The Unicorn
SYMBOL: The Pearl
FOUNDED: March 17th, 1917
Motto: Esse Quam Videri
– To be, rather than to seem to be
