[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.
[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.
"[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.