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{{Short description|American honor society for paralegal students}}
{{Third-party|date=October 2024}}
{{Infobox fraternity
| name = Lambda Epsilon Chi
| letters = {{lang|grc|ΛΕΧ}}
| crest = The_crest_of_Lambda_Epsilon_Chi.jpg
| image_size = 160px
| founded = {{Start date and age|1996}}
| birthplace = [[Altamonte Springs, Florida]], US
| status = Active
| type = Honor society
| emphasis = [[Paralegal]]
| scope = National
| affiliation = American Association for Paralegal Education
| colors = {{color box|#6F369D}} [[Shades of purple#Royal purple: 17th century|Royal Purple]]
| symbol = Scales of Justice
| chapters = 150+
| lifetime = 2,200
| address = 8 The Green #17020
| city = [[Dover, Delaware|Dover]]
| state = [[Delaware]]
| ZIP code = 19901
| country = United States
| website = {{url|https://www.aafpe.org/lex}}
}}
'''Lambda Epsilon Chi''' ('''{{lang|grc|ΛΕΧ}}''') is an American academic [[honor society]] for [[paralegal]] students. It was established by the [[American Association for Paralegal Education]] in 1996. It has more than 150 chapters in the United States.

== History ==
The [[American Association for Paralegal Education]] (AAfPE) formed Lamba Epsilon Chi in 1996.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=2015-05-20 |title=8 Join Paralegal Honor Society |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/south-jersey-times-8-join-paralegal-hono/157778078/ |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=Newspapers.com |publisher=South Jersey Times |place=Mullica Hill, New Jersey |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date=2014-06-13 |title=Lambda Epsilon Chi Induction |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun-lambda-epsilon-chi-ind/157778735/ |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=Newspapers.com |publisher=The Baltimore Sun |language=en-US}}</ref> Lambda Epsilon Chi is an honor society that recognizes the academic achievement of paralegal and legal studies students.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |url=https://www.aafpe.org/_files/ugd/200edd_15adf95ea5c04cdaac97b78a10b98608.pdf |title=Lambda Epsilon Chi (LEX) Handbook |date=February 2023 |publisher=Lambda Epsilon Chi |publication-place=Altamonte Springs, Florida |access-date=October 24, 2024}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=2022-06-13 |title=Lambda Epsilon Chi Honor Society |url=https://an.edu/lambda-epsilon-chi-honor-society/ |access-date=2024-10-24 |website=American National University |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":5" />

The society hold local, regional, and national conferences and helps its members network with legal professionals.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |date=2010-05-30 |title=On Campus |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/hartford-courant-on-campus/157779288/ |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=Newspapers.com |publisher=Hartford Courant |place=Hartford, Connecticut |language=en-US}}</ref> Lambda Epsilon Chi also has a national scholarship program for its members.<ref name=":7" />

The society has chartered more than 150 chapters in the United States.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /> It has initiated more than 2,200 members. Lambda Epsilon Chi is administered by the American Association for Paralegal Education. Its national headquarters are in [[Dover, Delaware]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=LEX |url=https://www.aafpe.org/lex |access-date=2024-10-24 |website=American Association for Paralegal Education |language=en}}</ref>

==Symbols==
The Greek letters Lambda Epsilon Chi were selected to correspond with the Latin word {{lang|la|lex}}, which means “pertaining to the law” or “legal.”<ref name=":0" /> Initiates into Lambda Epsilon Chi receives a pin.<ref name=":1" /> The pin features the society's national symbol, the [[Scales of justice (symbol)|scales of justice]], the Greek letters '''{{lang|grc|ΛΕΧ}}''', and the name Lambda Epsilon Chi.<ref name=":0" /> The scales are a symbol of law, order, and truth.<ref name=":0" />

The society's color is purple.<ref name=":0" /> Royal purple is the color of the English King's Court and indicates the law.<ref name=":0" /> In traditional academic regalia, paralegal faculty wear hoods rimmed in royal purple.<ref name=":0" /> Lambda Epsilon Chi members may wear purple [[Honor cords|cords]] at graduation.<ref name=":0" />

== Membership ==
Candidates for membership in Lambda Epsilon Chi must have completed at least half of their paralegal coursework with a [[grade point average]] (GPA) of 3.25 overall, including a minimum GPA of 3.50 in paralegal courses.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":5" /> The society also initiates a limited number of honorary members.<ref name=":1" />

==Chapters==
Following is an incomplete list of Lambda Epsilon Chi chapters, in alphabetical order.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Institution
!Charter date
!Location
!Status
!References
|-
|[[American National University]]
|
|Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia
|Active
|<ref name=":3" />
|-
|[[Auburn University at Montgomery]]
|
|[[Montgomery, Alabama]]
|Active
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lambda Epsilon Chi - Legal Studies |url=https://www.aum.edu/clubs/lambda-epsilon-chi-legal-studies/ |access-date=October 24, 2024 |website=Auburn University of Montgomery}}</ref>
|-
|[[Bay Path College]]
|2001
|[[Longmeadow, Massachusetts]]
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=2001-05-20 |title=Bay Path College |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-republican-bay-path-college/157783366/ |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=Newspapers.com |publisher=The Republican |place=Springfield, Massachusetts |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|[[Berkeley College]]
|
|[[New York City, New York]] and [[New Jersey]]
|Active
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lambda Epsilon Chi - Honors Society {{!}} Berkeley Store |url=https://berkeleystore.berkeleycollege.edu/shop_product_detail.asp?catalog_group_id=LTQ&catalog_group_name=U2VhcmNoIFJlc3VsdHM&catalog_id=240&catalog_name=SG9ub3IgU29jaWV0eQ&pf_id=5653&product_name=TGFtYmRhIEVwc2lsb24gQ2hpIC0gSG9ub3JzIFNvY2lldHk&type=1&target=shop_product_list.asp |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=Berkeley College}}</ref>
|-
|[[Central Carolina Technical College]]
|2003
|[[Sumter, South Carolina]]
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=2003-05-18 |title=Paralegal Honor Chapter Established |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-item-paralegal-honor-chapter-establi/157778534/ |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=Newspapers.com |publisher=The Item |place=Sumter, South Carolina |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|[[College of the Canyons]]
|
|[[Santa Clarita, California]]
|Active
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=LEX Honor Society for Paralegals {{!}} Credly |url=https://www.credly.com/org/college-of-the-canyons/badge/lex-honor-society-for-paralegals |access-date=2024-10-24 |website=College of the Canyons |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|[[Del Mar College]]
|
|[[Corpus Christi, Texas]]
|Active
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lambda Epsilon Chi (LEX) National Honor Society - Paralegal Studies |url=https://delmar.edu/current-students/clubs-and-orgs/lex/index.html |access-date=October 24, 2024 |website=Del Mar College}}</ref>
|-
|[[Delaware Technical Community College]]
|
|
|Active
|<ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=Lambda Epsilon Chi (LEX) |url=https://www.dtcc.edu/campus-life/clubs-organizations/georgetown/lambda-epsilon-chi/ |access-date=2024-10-24 |website=Delaware Technical Community College |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|[[Eastern Kentucky University]]
|
|[[Richmond, Kentucky]]
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=2000-04-05 |title=EKU Senior from Casey Wins Pair of Scholarships |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/lexington-herald-leader-eku-senior-from/157782761/ |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=Newspapers.com |publisher=Lexington Herald-Leader |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|[[Elms College]]
|
|[[Chicopee, Massachusetts]]
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=1999-09-20 |title=The Following Westfield Students |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-republican-the-following-westfield-s/157782330/ |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=Newspapers.com |publisher=The Republican |place=Springfield, Massachusetts |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|[[Florida SouthWestern State College]]
|
|[[Fort Myers, Florida]]
|Active
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lambda Epsilon Chi |url=https://www.fsw.edu/sobt/lambdaepsilonchi |access-date=2024-10-24 |website=Florida SouthWestern State College}}</ref>
|-
|[[Fullerton College]]
|
|[[Fullerton, California]]
|Active
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Paralegal Honor Society {{!}} Business and CIS Division |url=https://buscis.fullcoll.edu/paralegal-honor-society/ |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=Fullerton College |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|[[George Washington University]]
|
|[[Washington, D.C.]]
|Active
|<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |date=May 30, 2024 |title=2024 Paralegal Graduates Inducted into LEX Honor Society {{!}} College of Professional Studies |url=https://cps.gwu.edu/2024-paralegal-graduates-inducted-lex-honor-society |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=The George Washington University |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|[[Harper College]]
|
|[[Palatine, Illinois]]
|Active
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lambda Epsilon Chi (LEX) |url=https://www.harpercollege.edu/services/involvement/clubs/lambda-epsilon-chi.php |access-date=2024-10-24 |website=Harper College}}</ref>
|-
|[[Harford Community College|Hartford Community College]]
|2006
|[[Bel Air, Maryland]]
|Active
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 2, 2024 |title=Lambda Epsilon Chi National Honor Society, Harford Community College Chapter, Holds Spring Induction Ceremony |url=https://www.harford.edu/about/get-to-know-harford/news/2024/05-may/lambda-epsilon-chi.php |access-date=2024-10-24 |website=Hartford Community College |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":6" />
|-
|[[Hilbert College]]
|January 1997
|[[Hamburg, New York]]
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=1997-03-13 |title=New Society at Hilbert |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sun-and-the-erie-county-independent/157778357/ |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=Newspapers.com |publisher=The Sun and the Erie County Independent |place=Hamburg, New York |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|[[Husson University]]
|2006
|[[Bangor, Maine]]
|Active
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lambda Epsilon Chi Honor Society |url=https://www.husson.edu/college-of-business/school-of-legal-studies/prelaw/lambdaepsilonchi |access-date=October 24, 2024 |website=Husson University}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-06-08 |title=Stone is Selected to Honor Society |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/rumford-falls-times-stone-is-selected-to/157779157/ |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=Newspapers.com |publisher=Rumford Falls Times |place=Rumford, Maine |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|[[Kellogg Community College]]
|2012
|[[Battle Creek, Michigan]]
|Active
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-10-29 |title=Paralegal honor society Lambda Epsilon Chi begins at Kellogg Community College |url=https://www.mlive.com/kzgazette_community_extra/2012/10/paralegal_honor_society_lambda.html |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=Kellogg Community College |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|[[Lehigh Carbon Community College]]
|
|[[Schnecksville, Pennsylvania]]
|Active
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lambda Epsilon Chi (LEX) - National Honor Society in Paralegal/Legal Assistant Studies |url=https://www.lccc.edu/academics/programs/lambda-epsilon-chi-lex-national-honor-society-in-paralegal-legal-assistant-studies/ |access-date=2024-10-24 |website=Lehigh Carbon Community College |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-07-07 |title=Students Inducted Into Honor Societies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/standard-speaker-students-inducted-into/157778994/ |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=Newspapers.com |publisher=Standard-Speaker |place=Hazleton, Pennsylvania |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|[[Molloy University]]
|
|[[Rockville Centre, New York]]
|Active
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lambda Epsilon Chi |url=https://molloy.smartcatalogiq.com/en/2024-2025/undergraduate-catalog/honor-societies/lambda-epsilon-chi/ |access-date=October 24, 2024 |website=Molloy University}}</ref>
|-
|[[Montgomery College]]
|
|[[Montgomery County, Maryland]]
|Active
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=LEX (Lambda Epsilon Chi) {{!}} Information and Resources |url=https://www.montgomerycollege.edu/academics/programs/paralegal-studies/information-and-resources.html |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=Montgomery College, Maryland}}</ref>
|-
|[[Nova Southeastern University]]
|
|[[Fort Lauderdale, Florida|Fort Lauderdale]] and [[Davie, Florida]]
|Active
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Morales |first=Andrea Santander |date=2013-04-15 |title=Students Inducted into Criminal Justice, Paralegal Studies, Sociology Honor Societies |url=https://sharkfins.nova.edu/nsu-students-inducted-into-criminal-justice-paralegal-studies-sociology-honor-societies/ |access-date=2024-10-24 |website=NSU SharkFINS |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2011-04-19 |title=Students Inducted into Paralegal Studies Honor Society |url=https://sharkfins.nova.edu/students-inducted-into-paralegal-studies-honor-society/ |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=NSU SharkFINS |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|[[Quinnipiac University]]
|
|[[Hamden, Connecticut]]
|
|<ref name=":7" />
|-
|''[[Robert Morris College]]''
|
|[[Chicago]], [[Illinois]]
|Inactive
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-02-08 |title=Campus |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/southtown-star-campus/157779997/ |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=Newspapers.com |publisher=Southtown Star |place=Tinley Park, Illinois |language=en-US}}</ref>{{Efn|College merged into Roosevelt University in 2020.}}
|-
|[[Rowan College of South Jersey|Rowan College]]
|2015
|[[Sewell, New Jersey|Sewall, New Jersey]]
|
|<ref name=":5" />
|-
|[[St. John's University (New York City)|St. John's University]]
|
|[[Grymes Hill, Staten Island]], [[New York (state)|New York]]
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=2005-03-06 |title=Cristina Ferreri Richard Piazza |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/staten-island-advance-cristina-ferreri-r/157779664/ |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=Newspapers.com |publisher=Staten Island Advance |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|[[Santa Ana College]]
|
|[[Santa Ana, California]]
|Active
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lambda Epsilon Chi Honor Society |url=https://sac.edu/AcademicProgs/Business/LegalStudies/Paralegal/Pages/LambdaEpsilonChi.aspx |access-date=2024-10-24 |website=Santa Ana College |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|[[State College of Florida, Manatee–Sarasota]]
|
|[[Manatee County, Florida|Manatee County]] and [[Sarasota County, Florida]]
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=2001-03-01 |title=Dinner Honors MCC Paralegal Grads, Honor Society Inductees |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-bradenton-herald-dinner-honors-mcc-p/157783065/ |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=Newspapers.com |publisher=The Bradenton Herald |place=Bradenton, Florida |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|[[Suffolk University]]
|
|[[Boston, Massachusetts]]
|Active
|<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Law Honors – Lambda Epsilon Chi (LEX) – Political Science & Legal Studies |url=https://sites.suffolk.edu/psls/law-honors-lambda-epsilon-chi/ |access-date=2024-10-24 |website=Suffolk University}}</ref>
|-
|[[Texas Wesleyan University]]
|
|[[Fort Worth, Texas]]
|Active
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lambda Epsilon Chi |url=https://txwes.edu/academics/artssciences/undergraduate-majors/paralegal/get-involved/lambda-epsilon-chi/ |access-date=2024-10-24 |website=Texas Wesleyan University}}</ref>
|-
|[[Tulane University|Tulane University School of Professional Advancement]]
|
|[[New Orleans, Louisiana]]
|Active
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lambda Epsilon Chi Honor Society |url=https://sopa.tulane.edu/degrees-programs/programs-study/general-legal-studies/LEX |access-date=2024-10-24 |website=Tulane University School of Professional Advancement}}</ref>
|-
|[[University of Hartford]]
|
|[[West Hartford, Connecticut]]
|Active
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dillon |first=Sharron D. |date=April 6, 2023 |title=Paralegal Studies Students Inducted into Lambda Epsilon Chi National Honor Society |url=https://www.hartford.edu/unotes/2023/04/paralegal-studies-students-inducted-into-lambda-epsilon-chi-national-honor-society.aspx |access-date=2024-10-24 |website=University of Hartford |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|[[University of Maryland Global Campus]]
|
|[[Adelphi, Maryland]]
|Active
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Honor Societies {{!}} UMGC |url=https://www.umgc.edu/current-students/student-life-and-support/honor-societies |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=University of Maryland Global Campus |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|''[[Virginia Intermont College]]''
|2000
|[[Bristol, Virginia]]
|Inactive
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=2000-01-16 |title=VI's Paralegal Studies Program Awarded Charter by AAfPE |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/elizabethton-star-vis-paralegal-studies/157782440/ |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=Newspapers.com |publisher=Elizabethton Star |place=Elizabethton, Tennessee |language=en-US}}</ref>{{Efn|The college closed in 2014.}}
|-
|[[William Rainey Harper College]]
|
|[[Palatine, Illinois]]
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=2000-04-27 |title=On Campus |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-chronicle-on-campus/157782957/ |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=Newspapers.com |publisher=The Daily Chronicle |place=De Kalb, Illinois |language=en-US}}</ref>
|}
{{notelist}}

==See also==

* [[Honor society]]
* [[Honor cords]]
* [[Professional fraternities and sororities]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External Links==
{{official website|https://www.aafpe.org/lex}}

{{Greek Letter Organizations Law}}
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