Matei Alexianu

Assistant Professor of Law

Matei Alexianu is an Assistant Professor of Law. His research interests are in the fields of public international law, climate change law and policy, and the law of remedies. Before joining Loyola’s faculty, he represented sovereign states in cases before international and domestic courts and tribunals and clerked for Judge Andrew D. Hurwitz on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He graduated from Yale Law School, where he was an Editor-in-Chief of the Yale Journal of International Law and was awarded the Jerome Sayles Hess Prize in international law. He previously worked as a development economist on fiscal reform initiatives in East Africa and Southeast Asia.

Education

Yale Law School, JD
Hague Academy of International Law, Diploma
London School of Economics and Political Science, MSc
University of Oxford, BA

Courses Taught

Civil Procedure
International Law

Publications/Research Listings

Matei Alexianu, Decarbonizing Conflict, 100 Tul. L. Rev. 639 (2026)

Matei Alexianu, Effectiveness Beyond Compliance: Examining the Goal-Based Impact of the International Court of Justice’s Provisional Measures, 38 Hague Y.B. Int’l L. (2026) (forthcoming)

Matei Alexianu & Hannah Sweeney, Participation of Non-State Actors in International Climate Change Advisory Opinions, 58 Case W. Res. J. Int’l L. 593 (2026)

Ali Hakim & Matei Alexianu, Non-State Sanctions: Private Instruments of International Law, 58 Vand. J. Transnat’l L. 839 (2025)