Dorothy Wright Nelson

Professional career

• Professional Career: Private practice, Los Angeles, California, 1954-1957
• Professional Career: Nelson, Dorothy W. "Reflections of Becoming a Judge." Western Legal History 2 (1989): 107-13.
• Professional Career: Adjunct professor of law, University of Southern California Law School, 1980-
• Professional Career: American Bar Association Commission on Women in the Profession, Women Trailblazers in the Law Oral History Project, Radcliffe College, Schlesinger Library on the History of Women, Cambridge, Mass., 2005-2008.
• Faculty, University of Southern California Law School, 1957-1980; instructor, 1957-1958; assistant professor, 1958-1961; associate professor, 1961-1967; associate dean, 1965-1967; interim dean, 1967-1969; professor, 1967-1980; dean, 1969-1980
• Adjunct professor of law, University of Southern California Law School, 1980-present
• dean, 1969-1980
• professor, 1967-1980
• interim dean, 1967-1969
• associate dean, 1965-1967
• associate professor, 1961-1967
• assistant professor, 1958-1961
• instructor, 1957-1958
• Private practice, Los Angeles, CA, 1954-1957
• Research associate fellow, University of Southern California Law School, 1953-1956

Judicial service

• Judge, Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1979-1995
• Professional Career: "Diversifying the Judiciary: Interview with Judge Dorothy W. Nelson." Interview conducted on March 7, 1995, by Sarah Wilson.
• Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Education

• University of Southern California Law School (now Gould School of Law) · LL.M., 1956
• USC Gould School of Law
• UCLA School of Law
• University of California · J.D., 1953

Personal record

Born 1928 · San Pedro, CA