Camille A. Nelson | |
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3rdDean of the William S. Richardson School of Law | |
Assumed office 1 August 2020 | |
Preceded by | Aviam Soifer |
Personal details | |
Born | 1968 (age 54–55) Kingston,Jamaica |
Residence | Washington,D.C. |
Alma mater | University of Toronto,(BA) University of Ottawa,(LLB) Columbia University,(LLM) |
Profession | Legal Scholar,Lawyer,Professor of Law |
Website | Official 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,Honolulu. [1]
Born in Jamaica, [2] Nelson graduated with her bachelor's degree from the University of Toronto,earned her law degree from the University of Ottawa,and an LL.M. from Columbia University. [3] [4]
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. [5] 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 School of Law. In September 2010,Nelson became the first woman and the first person of color to lead Suffolk University Law School as a Dean and Professor of Law. [6] [7] [8] [3] 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. [6] 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. [9] After Suffolk,Nelson was appointed Dean and Professor of Law at the American University Washington College of Law. During Nelson's tenure AU,"[f]or the first time 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." [10] in 2017,Nelson was awarded Columbia Law School's Distinguished Alumni Award [11] for her "excellent work as a scholar,practitioner,faculty member,and speaker,and [for her] outstanding service to the legal community". [12] Nelson is the first woman to serve as dean of the William S. Richardson School of Law. [6] [2]
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. [13]
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