Camille A. Nelson

Camille A. Nelson
12th Dean of Suffolk University Law School
Term 2010 –
Predecessor Bernard Keenan
Born 1968
Kingston, Jamaica
Alma mater BA University of Toronto
LLB University of Ottawa
LLM Columbia University
Residence Boston, MA, USA
Profession Academic, Lawyer

Camille A. Nelson is a Jamaican academic, and the current and 12th Dean of Suffolk University Law School in Boston, Massachusetts.[1] Nelson graduated with her Bachelors from the University of Toronto, her law degree from the University of Ottawa and a LLM from Columbia University. Camille Nelson was the first black woman to clerk at the Supreme Court of Canada, and is the first woman and first person of color to become Dean at Suffolk University Law School; she became Dean in 2010.[2]

Academic offices
Preceded by
Bernard Keenan [interim] (2008–2010)
Dean of Suffolk University Law School
Camille A. Nelson (2010 – present)
Succeeded by
Incumbent

References

  1. ^ "Suffolk taps Nelson as new law school dean". The Boston Globe. 24 June 2010. http://www.boston.com/business/ticker/2010/06/suffolk_taps_ne.html?comments=all#readerCom. Retrieved 26 July 2010. 
  2. ^ [ttp://www.suffolk.edu/42396.html "Camille A. Nelson Chosen to Lead Law School"]. ttp://www.suffolk.edu/42396.html. Retrieved 26 July 2010.