Alvin Washington
Courses: Mediation Law Clinic
Expertise: Mediation Law, Civil Rights Litigation
Alvin Washington currently serves as the Interim Chancellor at the Southern University Law Center. Before this role, he was the managing professor for the law center's mediation clinic. He has taught various subjects, including Torts, Legal Research, Statutory Analysis, Alternate Dispute Resolution, and Legal Negotiations. Additionally, Washington has been an adjunct professor at the Southern University Graduate School, instructing in conflict resolution courses.
As a registered civil and family law mediator with the Louisiana State Bar Association, Washington has mediated hundreds of cases. He has been appointed by the United States Eastern and Middle District Courts to mediate hurricane-related claims. He has also mediated cases for the USDA, the Louisiana Department of Justice, the EEOC, and the Baton Rouge Family Court. Furthermore, he has served as an arbitrator for the Better Business Bureau and the Baton Rouge City Court.
Washington earned his undergraduate degree from Grambling State University and his Juris Doctor from Southern University Law Center. After law school, he served as a Naval JAG officer in Long Beach, California, as a military trial lawyer, and as Department Head for the Claims Division of the United States Navy. He was also appointed as a special assistant to the United States Attorney General for the Central District of California. Following his military service, he returned to Louisiana and worked as an assistant attorney general handling general liability, road hazards, and civil rights cases.
Before joining the Southern University Law Center in 2003, Washington served as the Section Chief of the Civil Rights Division at the Louisiana Department of Justice for four years. Engaged in the community, he has been actively involved in organizations such as the 100 Black Men of Metro Baton Rouge, Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, and Baton Rouge Branch NAACP. His contributions have been recognized with the Century Club Award for pro bono legal services and the Pillar Award from the Southern University Law Center's National Lawyers Guild.