Former Suffolk University Law School Dean Camille Nelson will be the next dean of the American University Washington College of Law, university leaders announced last week. Provost Scott Bass in a memo said Nelson will bring fresh ideas and vitality to the Washington school. “She has our full confidence in her ability to lead a ­dynamic faculty, staff, and student body to the next level of impact in legal education,” Bass wrote. “The Washington College of Law is fortunate to attract such an experienced candidate ready to lead a law school whose very founders were women. It is only fitting that she is able to draw upon this rich tradition and institutional legacy.”

The law school was founded in 1896 by two women.

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