who is alex on law and order svu
Alexandra Cabot Cabot first appears in the SVU episode "Wrong Is Right", when she is hired to work with SVU as their permanent ADA overseeing the legality of its arrests, following a rotating mix of ADAs (among them Abbie Carmichael of the original Law & Order).[1] She is a graduate of Harvard Law School,[2] and has an "uncle Bill" who is a federal judge.[1] While Cabot empathizes with the sexual assault victims she deals with, her strict code of legal ethics often forces her to make harsh decisions and judgments that go against her personal feelings. Her moral strictness has garnered her respect within the SVU squad.