[2] Despite the dean of Osgoode Hall Law School telling her that life in the legal profession would be too difficult for a woman, she attended the university and graduated cum laude in 1947.
In fact, from an early point in her career, Van Camp's general practice was highly connected to that of Gerard Beaudoin.
[1] She was the president of the Women's Law Association of Ontario, a chancellor dean of the Alpha Mu chapter of the Kappa Beta Pi legal sorority, and on the board of directors of the YWCA.
[2] Mabel Van Camp was also a regent of the Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire (IODE) in the Fudger House chapter.
[2] Frequently, Ms. Van Camp read fairy tales and children's stories to her nieces and nephews, and enjoyed buying them toys.