Biography
Alicia Alvarez joins our faculty as a clinical professor. She has developed numerous clinics as a faculty member at De Paul University College of Law in Chicago and in El Salvador as a consultant for the National Center for State Courts and DPK Consulting, Inc. Professor Alvarez was a Fulbright Scholar and Visiting Professor at the University of El Salvador, where she co-coordinated a Central American Clinical Conference. She was also a visiting professor of clinical education at Boston College. Professor Alvarez has worked with Business and Professional People for the Public Interest and the Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago. She was on the National Steering Committee of the Association of American Law Schools' conference on law schools and equal justice issues as well as the chair of the poverty law section. In addition, she is a member of the Chicago Bar Association and was on the Board of Directors for the Society of American Law Teachers. Professor Alvarez received her B.A., magna cum laude, from Loyola University of Chicago and her J.D., cum laude, from Boston College Law School.