Dean Camille Nelson said she was “thrilled and moved” to preside at the celebration, which included representatives from a dozen New England tribes, among them the Mashpee Wampanoag, Nipmuc, Maliseet, and Abenaki, and a performance by the Eastern Suns drum group. She said the clinic, to be overseen by Professors Jeffrey J. Pokorak and Lorie M. Graham, is an example of Suffolk Law's mission to “bring the community into the law school.”