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Camille A. Nelson is a Canadian-Jamaican law professor and dean of the William S. Richardson School of Law at the University of Hawai’i at Manoa.

Early life and education

Born in Jamaica, Nelson graduated with her Bachelors from the University of Toronto, earned her law degree from the University of Ottawa, and a LL.M. from Columbia University.

Career

In 1994, Camille Nelson became the first black woman to clerk at the Supreme Court of Canada when she was selected by Justice Frank Iacobucci. In 2000, Nelson became Professor of Law at Saint Louis University, School of Law. Nelson served there until becoming a Visiting Professor of Law at Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. In September 2010, Nelson became the first woman and the first person of color to lead the law school when she joined Suffolk University as a Dean and Professor of Law. At Suffolk, Nelson launched the Law Practice Technology and Innovation Institute, a law technology academic concentration and programs designed to provide access to legal services for people experiencing economic hardship. Nelson visited Havana during the Cuban thaw, becoming the first American law school dean to do so since the Cuban Revolution, and facilitating discussions which enabled a class of Suffolk University Law School students to attend a course in Cuba. After Suffolk, Professor Nelson was appointed Dean and Professor of Law at the American University Washington College of Law. During Nelson's tenure AU,"or the first time, AUWCL saw three specialty programs ranked in the top five in the 2021 U.S. News Specialty Rankings – Clinical Program #2, International Law #4, and Trial Advocacy #4." In 2020, University of Hawai'i School of Law selected Professor Nelson to be its next dean of the William S. Richardson School of Law at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.

Nelson is an expert on the intersection of critical race theory and cultural studies with particular emphasis on criminal law and procedure, health law, and comparative law.

In 2015. Professor Nelson was included in the Lawyers of Color Powerlist, The Most Influential Minority Attorneys and Non-Minority Advocates in the Nation by Lawyers of Color.

References

1. "New dean for UH William S. Richardson School of Law". University of Hawai'i News. 16 April 2020. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
2. ^ "Historic firsts in Suffolk Law naming", Boston Globe (June 25, 2010), p. B8.
3. "Suffolk taps Nelson as new law school dean". The Boston Globe. 24 June 2010. Retrieved 26 July 2010.
4. Fineman, Martha Albertson; Thomson, Michael (15 April 2016). Exploring Masculinities: Feminist Legal Theory Reflections. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-13731-3.
5. ^ "Suffolk Law School dean to leave at year's end". Boston Business Journal. Retrieved 14 September 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
6. "Camille A. Nelson Chosen to Lead Law School". Retrieved 26 July 2010.
7. Mendoza, Jim. "The University of Hawaii's law school welcomes its first female dean". Hawaii News Now. Retrieved 14 September 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
8. Matt Rocheleau, "Suffolk students making well-timed visit to Cuba", The Boston Globe (January 17, 2015), p. B1, B4.
9. "Camille Nelson Steps Down as Dean of AU Washington College of Law". American University Washington College of Law. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
10. "Camille Nelson: Opening Doors for Others". diverseeducation.com. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
11. "Lawyers of Color Power List 2015" (PDF). Lawyers of Color.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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