Nu Beta Epsilon
{{Short description|Defunct American legal fraternity}}
{{Infobox fraternity
|name = Nu Beta Epsilon
|letters = {{lang|grc|ΝΒΕ}}
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|founded = {{Start date and age|1919}}
|birthplace = Northwestern University Law School
|affiliation = Independent
|status = Defunct
|defunct_date = After 1969
|type = Professional
|emphasis = Law, Jewish
|scope = National
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|motto = {{lang|la|Nomus Carcilia Esta}} (Law is king)
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|publication = The Nu Bate
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|lifetime = 1,750 (as of 1963)
|chapters = 23
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|country = United States
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Nu Beta Epsilon ({{lang|grc|ΝΒΕ}}) was an American professional Jewish law fraternity.{{Cite book |last=Sanua |first=Marianne Rachel |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1u0sPzMEwOUC&dq=%22Nu+Beta+Epsilon%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA318 |title=Going Greek: Jewish College Fraternities in the United States, 1895-1945 |date=2003 |publisher=Wayne State University Press |isbn=978-0-8143-2857-6 |page=318 |language=en |via=Google Books}}Robson, John, ed. (1963). Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities (17th ed.). Menasha, Wisconsin: The Collegiate Press, George Banta Company, Inc. pp. 547.
History
Nu Beta Epsilon was formed in 1919 at Northwestern University School of Law by Barnet Hodes, with the assistance of Louis Brandeis and Dean Wigmore, as a Greek letter fraternity for Jewish students at accredited law schools.{{Citation |last1=Dashefsky |first1=Arnold |title=National Jewish Organizations |date=2012-09-03 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5204-7_9 |work=American Jewish Year Book |pages=238 |access-date=2023-08-04 |place=Dordrecht |publisher=Springer Netherlands |isbn=978-94-007-5203-0 |last2=Sheskin |first2=Ira|doi=10.1007/978-94-007-5204-7_9 |url-access=subscription }}{{Cite news |date=1971-01-14 |title=Woman Judge to Address Chapter of Law Fraternity |pages=10 |work=Valley News |location=Van Nuys, California |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/valley-news-woman-judge-to-address-chapt/129417893/ |access-date=2023-08-04 |via=Newspapers.com}}{{Cite news |date=1939-06-24 |title=Hodes to Speak as Jewish Law Fraternities merge |pages=13 |work=Chicago Tribune |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune-hodes-to-speak-as-jewish/129419739/ |access-date=2023-08-04 |via=Newspapers.com}} It expanded to other law schools across the United States.{{Cite news |date=1930-12-05 |title=Becker Elected as New President of Alumni Law Club |pages=14 |work=Suburbanite Economist |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/suburbanite-economist-becker-elected-as/129418849/ |access-date=2023-08-04 |via=Newspapers.com}} It also established an alumni association.
Alpha Kappa Sigma (ΑΚΣ) was a Jewish law fraternity founded by H. Edwin Siff at University of Maryland Law School in 1918.{{Cite news |date=1936-01-07 |title=Massell Will Head Alpha Kappa Sigma Jewish Law Council |pages=14 |work=The Atlanta Journal |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-journal-massell-will-head-al/129419467/ |access-date=2023-08-04 |via=Newspapers.com}} Representatives of the two fraternities met at a convention in Columbus, Ohio in 1939 with Hodes as the keynote speaker.{{Cite news |date=1939-06-28 |title=Atlantian Elected by Nu Beta Epsilon |pages=21 |work=The Atlanta Journal |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-journal-atlantian-elected-by/129417346/ |access-date=2023-08-04 |via=Newspapers.com}} The merger of the two fraternities went into effect in 1940 under the name of the Nu Beta Epsilon group.{{cite journal |title=Legal Fraternities|first=Kenneth H. |last=York |journal=Michigan Law Review |volume=50 |issue=7 |date=May 1952 |jstor=1284939|page=1048|doi=10.2307/1284939 }} A. D. G. Cohn of Atlanta was elected as its vice grand chancellor.
Nu Beta Epsilon's quarterly newsletter was The Nu Bete. The fraternity presented three awards each year:
Symbols
Governance
Membership
Nu Beta Epsilon was founded as non-sectarian, with no racial membership limitations.{{cite book|author=Marianne Rachel Sanua|title=Going Greek: Jewish College Fraternities in the United States, 1895-1945|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1u0sPzMEwOUC&pg=PA177|year=2003|publisher=Wayne State University Press|isbn=0-8143-2857-1|page=318}} Originally male only, its membership became open to women {{Circa|1960}}. In 1945, it had 850 members. Its membership had grown to 1,750 in 1968.
Chapter List
The chapters of Nu Beta Epsilon were as follows. Active chapters are indicated in bold. Inactive chapters and institutions are in italics.
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Notable members
References
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Category:Student organizations established in 1919
Category:Professional legal fraternities and sororities in the United States
Category:1919 establishments in Illinois
Category:Historically Jewish fraternities in the United States