Browne Cornell Lewis (c. 1962 – June 3, 2022)[1] was a legal scholar who served as dean of North Carolina Central University School of Law from 2020 to 2022.
[2] Born in Natchez, Louisiana,[1] Lewis was "one of 12 children from a family in a small country town".
[3] Lewis led North Carolina Central University School of Law through it reaccreditation process with the American Bar Association in 2020.
[2] In 2021, Intel gave a $5 million grant for the school in support of the development of a technology and policy center, which Lewis expressed was a goal of her tenure.
[2][4] Lewis died in Colorado at the age of 60, while attending the annual conference of the Law School Admission Council, of which she was a member.