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Albert Yoon

Co-founder and Senior Academic Advisor, Blue J

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Albert Yoon is a co-founder of Blue J, the Toronto tax research company he started in 2015 with fellow University of Toronto law professors Benjamin Alarie and Anthony Niblett. Blue J's about page listed him as co-founder and senior academic advisor in September 2026. He holds U of T's Michael J. Trebilcock Chair in Law and Economics.

Albert hasn’t spoken on a TechTO, TechVancouver or TechWaterloo stage. This profile is here because Albert co-founded Blue J, which appears in 2 talks in the archive.

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Who founded Blue J with Albert Yoon?

Blue J's about page says CEO Benjamin Alarie founded the company in 2015 alongside fellow professors Albert Yoon and Anthony Niblett. The same page lists Brett Janssen as chief technology officer and co-founder.

What is Albert Yoon's role at Blue J today?

Blue J's about page listed him as co-founder and senior academic advisor when checked in September 2026. His University of Toronto Faculty of Law profile describes the same role.

What is Albert Yoon's academic work?

His University of Toronto Faculty of Law profile lists him as a professor and the Michael J. Trebilcock Chair in Law and Economics. It says he writes on legal ethics, labour markets inside and outside the legal profession, and applying machine learning and natural language processing to law. It also notes a 2023 visiting professorship at Harvard Law School.

Is Albert Yoon a Trudeau Fellow?

Yes. The University of Toronto announced on 14 July 2022 that he had been named a 2022 Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Fellow, and the foundation's site lists him among its 2022 fellows.

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