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== Early life and education == == Early life and education ==
Born in Jamaica,{{Citation needed|date=September 2020}} Nelson graduated with her Bachelors from the ], earned her law degree from the ], and an ] from ].<ref name="Historic">"Historic firsts in Suffolk Law naming", ] (June 25, 2010), p. B8.</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Suffolk taps Nelson as new law school dean|url=http://www.boston.com/business/ticker/2010/06/suffolk_taps_ne.html?comments=all#readerCom|accessdate=26 July 2010 | work=The Boston Globe | date=24 June 2010}}</ref> Born in Jamaica,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Mendoza|first=Jim|date=|title=The University of Hawaii’s law school welcomes its first female dean|url=https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2020/08/11/university-hawaiis-law-school-welcomes-its-first-female-dean/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-09-15|website=Hawaii News Now|language=en-US}}</ref> Nelson graduated with her Bachelors from the ], earned her law degree from the ], and an ] from ].<ref name="Historic">"Historic firsts in Suffolk Law naming", ] (June 25, 2010), p. B8.</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Suffolk taps Nelson as new law school dean|url=http://www.boston.com/business/ticker/2010/06/suffolk_taps_ne.html?comments=all#readerCom|accessdate=26 July 2010 | work=The Boston Globe | date=24 June 2010}}</ref>


== Career == == Career ==
In 1994, Camille Nelson became the first black woman to clerk at the ] when she was selected by Justice ].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Fineman|first=Martha Albertson|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1oEGDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT14&lpg=PT14&dq=camille+nelson+iacobucci&source=bl&ots=pZG3pV2xAt&sig=ACfU3U0CXNINukg6fMr3CCMu1lEMiBEb9w&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjw4anVtOnrAhVHJKwKHSftDko4ChDoATAJegQICRAB#v=onepage&q=camille%20nelson%20iacobucci&f=false|title=Exploring Masculinities: Feminist Legal Theory Reflections|last2=Thomson|first2=Michael|date=2016-04-15|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-13731-3|language=en}}</ref> In 2000, Nelson became Professor of Law at ]. Nelson served there until becoming a Visiting Professor of Law at ]. In September 2010, Nelson became the first woman and the first person of color to lead the law school when she joined ] as a Dean and Professor of Law.<ref name="To leave">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Suffolk Law School dean to leave at year's end|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/blog/mass_roundup/2014/10/suffolk-law-school-dean-to-leave-at-years-end.html|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-09-14|website=Boston Business Journal}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Camille A. Nelson Chosen to Lead Law School|url=http://www.suffolk.edu/42396.html|accessdate=26 July 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Mendoza|first=Jim|date=|title=The University of Hawaii's law school welcomes its first female dean|url=https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2020/08/11/university-hawaiis-law-school-welcomes-its-first-female-dean/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-09-14|website=Hawaii News Now|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="Historic" /> 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.<ref name="To leave"/> Nelson visited ] during the ], 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.<ref>Matt Rocheleau, "Suffolk students making well-timed visit to Cuba", ''The Boston Globe'' (January 17, 2015), p. B1, B4.</ref> After Suffolk, Nelson was appointed Dean and Professor of Law at the ]. During Nelson's tenure AU,"or the first time, AUWCL saw three specialty programs ranked in the top five in the 2021 '']'' Specialty Rankings – Clinical Program #2, International Law #4, and Trial Advocacy #4."<ref>{{Cite web|title=Camille Nelson Steps Down as Dean of AU Washington College of Law|url=https://www.wcl.american.edu/news-events/news/camille-nelson-steps-down-as-dean-of-au-washington-college-of-law/|access-date=2020-09-14|website=American University Washington College of Law|language=en}}</ref> in 2017, Nelson was awarded ]'s Distinguished Alumni Award<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Paul Robeson Conference and Gala|url=https://orgs.law.columbia.edu/blsa/content/paul-robeson-conference-and-gala|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=Columbia Law School's Black Law Students Association}}</ref> for her “excellent work as a scholar, practitioner, faculty member, and speaker, and outstanding service to the legal community.”<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dean Nelson Receives Columbia Law BLSA's Alumni Award - Announcements - Dean & Leadership|url=https://www.wcl.american.edu/school/dean/announcements/dean-nelson-receives-columbia-law-blsas-alumni-award/|access-date=2020-09-15|website=American University Washington College of Law|language=en}}</ref> In 2020, ] School of Law selected Nelson to be its next dean of the William S. Richardson School of Law at the ].<ref name="To leave" /> In 1994, Camille Nelson became the first black woman to clerk at the ] when she was selected by Justice ].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Fineman|first=Martha Albertson|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1oEGDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT14&lpg=PT14&dq=camille+nelson+iacobucci&source=bl&ots=pZG3pV2xAt&sig=ACfU3U0CXNINukg6fMr3CCMu1lEMiBEb9w&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjw4anVtOnrAhVHJKwKHSftDko4ChDoATAJegQICRAB#v=onepage&q=camille%20nelson%20iacobucci&f=false|title=Exploring Masculinities: Feminist Legal Theory Reflections|last2=Thomson|first2=Michael|date=2016-04-15|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-13731-3|language=en}}</ref> In 2000, Nelson became Professor of Law at ]. Nelson served there until becoming a Visiting Professor of Law at ]. In September 2010, Nelson became the first woman and the first person of color to lead the law school when she joined ] as a Dean and Professor of Law.<ref name="To leave">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Suffolk Law School dean to leave at year's end|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/blog/mass_roundup/2014/10/suffolk-law-school-dean-to-leave-at-years-end.html|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-09-14|website=Boston Business Journal}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Camille A. Nelson Chosen to Lead Law School|url=http://www.suffolk.edu/42396.html|accessdate=26 July 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Mendoza|first=Jim|date=|title=The University of Hawaii's law school welcomes its first female dean|url=https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2020/08/11/university-hawaiis-law-school-welcomes-its-first-female-dean/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-09-14|website=Hawaii News Now|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="Historic" /> 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.<ref name="To leave"/> Nelson visited ] during the ], 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.<ref>Matt Rocheleau, "Suffolk students making well-timed visit to Cuba", ''The Boston Globe'' (January 17, 2015), p. B1, B4.</ref> After Suffolk, Nelson was appointed Dean and Professor of Law at the ]. During Nelson's tenure AU,"or the first time, AUWCL saw three specialty programs ranked in the top five in the 2021 '']'' Specialty Rankings – Clinical Program #2, International Law #4, and Trial Advocacy #4."<ref>{{Cite web|title=Camille Nelson Steps Down as Dean of AU Washington College of Law|url=https://www.wcl.american.edu/news-events/news/camille-nelson-steps-down-as-dean-of-au-washington-college-of-law/|access-date=2020-09-14|website=American University Washington College of Law|language=en}}</ref> in 2017, Nelson was awarded ]'s Distinguished Alumni Award<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Paul Robeson Conference and Gala|url=https://orgs.law.columbia.edu/blsa/content/paul-robeson-conference-and-gala|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=Columbia Law School's Black Law Students Association}}</ref> for her “excellent work as a scholar, practitioner, faculty member, and speaker, and outstanding service to the legal community.”<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dean Nelson Receives Columbia Law BLSA's Alumni Award - Announcements - Dean & Leadership|url=https://www.wcl.american.edu/school/dean/announcements/dean-nelson-receives-columbia-law-blsas-alumni-award/|access-date=2020-09-15|website=American University Washington College of Law|language=en}}</ref> In 2020, ] School of Law selected Nelson to be its next dean of the William S. Richardson School of Law at the ].<ref name="To leave" /> Nelson is the first woman to serve in that position. <ref>{{Cite web|last=Mendoza|first=Jim|date=|title=The University of Hawaii’s law school welcomes its first female dean|url=https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2020/08/11/university-hawaiis-law-school-welcomes-its-first-female-dean/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-09-15|website=Hawaii News Now|language=en-US}}</ref>


Nelson is an expert on the intersection of ] and cultural studies with particular emphasis on criminal law and procedure, health law, and comparative law.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Camille Nelson: Opening Doors for Others|url=https://diverseeducation.com/article/120243/|access-date=2020-09-14|website=diverseeducation.com|language=en}}</ref> Nelson is an expert on the intersection of ] and cultural studies with particular emphasis on criminal law and procedure, health law, and comparative law.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Camille Nelson: Opening Doors for Others|url=https://diverseeducation.com/article/120243/|access-date=2020-09-14|website=diverseeducation.com|language=en}}</ref>

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Camille A. Nelson
File:D17 363 105.jpgDean Nelson at AUWCL Tenley Campus
3rd Dean of the William S. Richardson School of Law
Incumbent
Assumed office
August 1, 2020
Preceded byAviam Soifer
Personal details
Born1968 (age 55–56)
Kingston, Jamaica
ResidenceWashington, D.C.
Alma materUniversity of Toronto, (BA)
University of Ottawa, (LLB)
Columbia University, (LLM)
ProfessionLegal Scholar, Lawyer, Professor of Law
WebsiteOfficial bio

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 an 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, 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 2017, Nelson was awarded Columbia Law School's Distinguished Alumni Award for her “excellent work as a scholar, practitioner, faculty member, and speaker, and outstanding service to the legal community.” In 2020, University of Hawai'i School of Law selected Nelson to be its next dean of the William S. Richardson School of Law at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Nelson is the first woman to serve in that position.

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.

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. Mendoza, Jim. "The University of Hawaii's law school welcomes its first female dean". Hawaii News Now. Retrieved 15 September 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "Historic firsts in Suffolk Law naming", Boston Globe (June 25, 2010), p. B8.
  4. "Suffolk taps Nelson as new law school dean". The Boston Globe. 24 June 2010. Retrieved 26 July 2010.
  5. Fineman, Martha Albertson; Thomson, Michael (15 April 2016). Exploring Masculinities: Feminist Legal Theory Reflections. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-13731-3.
  6. ^ "Suffolk Law School dean to leave at year's end". Boston Business Journal. Retrieved 14 September 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. "Camille A. Nelson Chosen to Lead Law School". Retrieved 26 July 2010.
  8. 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)
  9. Matt Rocheleau, "Suffolk students making well-timed visit to Cuba", The Boston Globe (January 17, 2015), p. B1, B4.
  10. "Camille Nelson Steps Down as Dean of AU Washington College of Law". American University Washington College of Law. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  11. "Paul Robeson Conference and Gala". Columbia Law School's Black Law Students Association.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. "Dean Nelson Receives Columbia Law BLSA's Alumni Award - Announcements - Dean & Leadership". American University Washington College of Law. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  13. Mendoza, Jim. "The University of Hawaii's law school welcomes its first female dean". Hawaii News Now. Retrieved 15 September 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. "Camille Nelson: Opening Doors for Others". diverseeducation.com. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
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Preceded byBernard Keenan (2008–2010) Dean of Suffolk University Law School
(2010–2015) 		Succeeded byAndrew M. Perlman
Preceded byClaudio Grossman (1995–2016) Dean of American University Washington College of Law
(2016–2020) 		Succeeded by
Preceded byAviam Soifer Dean of William S. Richardson School of Law
(2020–) 		Succeeded byIncumbent
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