Alex Vihlen is a senior at Northeastern University majoring in Economics and Philosophy with minors in Chinese and Law & Public Policy. He serves as Editor-in-Chief of the Northeastern University Undergraduate Law Review, where he oversees the publication’s editorial process and the development of its print and digital editions, and has also previously served as Executive Editor, Managing Editor, and Staff Writer. As a Staff Writer, Alex co-wrote a note titled Navigating the AI Topography: Establishing an AI Specialty Court for Judicial Efficacy that argued for the creation of an Article I specialty court to adjudicate AI-related litigation.

Alex’s legal interests include financial-sector regulation, transactional law, corporate governance, and the intersection of economics and legal theory. He previously completed a legal co-op with the Private Investments Legal team at Wellington Management, as well as with the Legal team at Amundi Asset Management.

Outside of his academic work, you can catch Alex running or at the gym, exploring new coffee shops in Boston, and hanging out with his cat, a British Longhair named Benny.