The
concept of TAU EPSILON RHO, dates back to the fall of 1918, when
Harry G. Fuerst and Jerome W. Moss, students at Western Reserve University
School of Law in Cleveland OH, first discussed the organization of a law
fraternity that would advance the lofty ideals and welfare of the legal
profession and overcome the racial and religious restrictions then existing in
law fraternities and the legal profession itself.
At the same time, Jay Eugene
Farber, a law student at Ohio State University Law School, also entertained this
challenge.
Tau
Epsilon Rho Law Fraternity filed Articles of Incorporation as a non-profit
organization in the State of Ohio on March 26, 1921, and the Ohio Secretary of
State granted its Charter on April 23, 1921.
Beginning with the mid-1950’s, Tau Epsilon Rho Law Fraternity welcomed
into its membership every member of the legal profession, regardless of their
race, religion, or gender. In 1985,
the organization formally changed its name to Tau Epsilon Rho Law Society to
more accurately represent its diverse membership and to promote group
solidarity. In recent years, TAU EPSILON RHO has made a conscious decision to reemphasize our Jewish roots, and to promote our particular moral and ethical standards as they relate to the legal profession and our personal lives. While TAU EPSILON RHO remains strongly committed to the principles of inclusion and equality, which were our founding ideals, we believe that these religious imperatives also enforce the proper, highest moral aspirations of attorneys and judges throughout the nation.
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