Alicia Alvarez is a clinical professor of law and director of the Community and Economic Development Clinic, where she specializes in issues affecting nonprofit and community-based organizations. Her area of interest is economic justice. She also has taught in the Michigan Clinical Law Program, focusing on employment law. Prof. Alvarez is a faculty associate in the Latina/o Studies Program and serves on the Faculty Program Committee of the Real Estate Development Certificate. Prior to coming to the Law School, Prof. Alvarez founded and directed the Community Development Clinic at DePaul University College of Law. She also taught in the Asylum and Immigration Clinic and the Civil Litigation Clinic. During the Winter 2013 semester, Prof. Alvarez is visiting at the University of Valencia in Spain. She also has been a visiting professor at the Boston College Law School and the University of El Salvador. Prof. Alvarez was a Fulbright Scholar in El Salvador and has consulted with clinics throughout Latin America. She serves on the Executive Committee of the Section on Clinical Legal Education of the Association of American Law Schools. Prof. Alvarez chairs the AALS Membership Review Committee. She served on the AALS Nominating Committee for 2012 Officers and Members of the Executive Committee; the ABA Clinical Skills Committee; and on the board of directors of the Society of American Law Teachers. Before teaching she was a staff attorney at Business and Professional People for the Public Interest and the Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago. Prof. Alvarez received her BA, magna cum laude, from Loyola University of Chicago and her JD, cum laude, from Boston College Law School.