Alejandro Salinas de León — AI • Law • Trustworthy AI

Research focus

In fall 2026, I will begin my PhD at MIT. My work spans AI evaluation, improvement, and governance, with an emphasis on making advanced systems reliable and accountable in high-stakes settings.

Affiliations

Stanford Law School — liftlab HAI ecosystem Former: Meta (Reels/Stories DE & ML)

Publications

Google Scholar

Talks & Media

Featured Talk · CodeX FutureLaw 2026

Law Professors Prefer AI Over Peer Answers — Presentation.

Presentation of “Law Professors Prefer AI Over Peer Answers” at CodeX FutureLaw 2026.

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Talk · FACCT 2025

Breaking Down Bias — Presentation

Conference talk on “Breaking Down Bias: On The Limits of Generalizable Pruning Strategies.”

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Talk

AI & Law — Opportunities and Risks

Video

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Talk

The Future of Lawyers

Video

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Podcast

Is AI Racially Biased?

The San Francisco Experience

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Podcast

Trustworthy AI

YouTube

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Press (selected)

Stanford Law School — “AI Outperforms Law Professors in Stanford Law Study.” Read

USA Today — coverage of “What’s in a Name?” Read

Fast Company — related AI coverage Read

Conecta Tec — profile Read

Life updates

2026-Q2 — Spoke at the inaugural CS × Law Evening at Stanford Law School (May 2026). Reference post.

2026-Q2 — Presented “Law Professors Prefer AI Over Peer Answers” at CodeX FutureLaw 2026 (April 2026). Watch the video.

2026-Q2 — Gave a talk on Trustworthy AI at UPenn (April 2026).

2026-Q1 — Awarded the Knight-Hennessy Scholarship (March 2026); declined to pursue my PhD at MIT.

2026-Q1 — Admitted to MIT for my PhD, starting Fall 2026 (March 2026).

2025-Q3 — liftlab launched at SLS; deep dive on AI tutors for Contracts courses; I BECAME A TRIATHLETE!!!

2025-Q2 — First paper accepted at FACCT!

2024-Q4 — First paper on biases!; first Stanford lecture; UCL talk.

2024-Q3 — MPI talk; first conference ever in Sao Paulo!; kayaked and spent a week in the Amazon jungle; first half‑marathon in SF!

2023 — Graduated Physics Eng. + Law (valedictorian); Meta internship on Reels/Stories DE & ML; moved to the Bay to work at Stanford!

What I’m reading