Alfred Avins (1934–1999) was an American lawyer, law professor, and dean.
Avins also argued in the late 1960s that the drafters of the 14th Amendment did not intend to nullify anti-miscegenation laws or to prohibit school segregation, and that landmark cases such as Brown v. Board of Education and Loving v. Virginia were therefore wrongly decided and "stand[] on clay feet.
"[5][6] Avins argued vociferously that the Congressional proponents of the 14th Amendment would not sub silentio have enacted such a sweeping and transformational social change as the abolition of school segregation without ever mentioning or debating this topic during the Amendment's ratification process.
From the mid-1970s into the 1980s, he repeatedly and unsuccessfully sued Delaware Law School over his dismissal as a professor and other issues.
[3] Issues of accreditation with this school also resulted in unsuccessful litigation in federal court.