Education

• Cornell University AB 2000
• Harvard Law School JD 2003

Courses

• Labor Law 1 (B663)
• Bankruptcy Law (B725)
• Corporations (B653)

Biography

Professor Alvin Velazquez writes and teaches at the intersection of labor, bankruptcy law, and corporate law. His scholarship focuses on how organized labor adapts to the changing nature of the economy. He also has an interest the intersection of theology and the law. He has had work published (or forthcoming) in peer-reviewed, faculty-edited, and student-edited journals including: the Boston College Law Review, the University of Illinois Law Review, the American Bankruptcy Law Journal, the ABA Journal of Labor and Employment Law, and the Journal of Christian Legal Thought. He also written blog posts for the Yale Law and Political Economy Project Blog and the Power at Work blog. Professor Velazquez is also a co-editor in chief of the forthcoming Bloomberg Treatise on The Law of Technology, Algorithmic Tools, and Data Privacy in Employment. Additionally, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) appointed Professor Velazquez to a four-year term as a member of its Investor Advisory Committee, which advises the agency on regulatory priorities and investor protection and securities market integrity initiatives.

Prior to arriving at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law, Professor Velazquez was an Associate General Counsel at the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) where his practice focused on corporate governance, public sector bankruptcy, and emerging technologies. During his career at SEIU, Alvin served as chair of the Unsecured Creditors Committee for the Puerto Rico bankruptcy. He also testified before Congress, provided numerous Congressional briefings, and has had extensive experience advocating before various administrative agencies. He co-led SEIU’s summer law clerk program and worked closely with students who are interested in pursuing careers in labor and public interest law. Prior to SEIU, Professor Velazquez worked as an associate at several large law firms as a business litigator. Professor Velazquez previously taught classes at the Georgetown University Law Center as an adjunct professor and received an appointment as a fellow in the ABA’s Program for Prospective Administrative Law Scholars.

Related links

• LinkedIn
• LPE Project

Areas of expertise

• Bankruptcy
• Corporate law
• Labor law