Albert Yoon
Professor of Law
Phone: (312) 503-3497
E-mail: alberthyoon@law.northwestern.edu
Curriculum Vitae (pdf)
Related Links: Center for Legal Studies
Phone: (312) 503-3497
E-mail: alberthyoon@law.northwestern.edu
Curriculum Vitae (pdf)
Related Links: Center for Legal Studies
Albert Yoon joined the School of Law faculty in 2001.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Civil Litigation
- Torts
- Federal Courts
- Business Associations
- Securities Regulation
- Law and Education
- Local Government
COURSES
PUBLICATIONS
Recent Publications
- Chief Judges: The Limits of Attitudinal Theory and Possible Paradox of Managerial Judging , VANDERBILT LAW REVIEW , 2008
- Affirmative Action in Law School Admissions: What Do Racial Preferences Do?, 2007
- The Luck of the Draw; Using Random Case Assignment to Investigate Attorney Ability, UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LAW REVIEW, 2007
- Offer-of-Judgment Rules and Civil Litigation: An Empirical Study of Automobile Insurance Litigation in the East, VANDERBILT LAW REVIEW, 2006
- Pensions, Politics, and Judicial Tenure: An Empirical Study of Federal Judges, 1869-2002, AMERICAN LAW AND ECONOMICS REVIEW, 2006
JOINT APPOINTMENTS
- Fellow, Institute for Policy Research
EDUCATION
- BA, Yale University
- JD, Stanford University
- PhD (political science), Stanford University
PRIOR APPOINTMENTS
- Visiting Professor, New York University School of Law, Fall 2004
- Fellow and Visiting Professor, Princeton University (Law & Public Affairs), 2003-2004
- Robert Wood Johnson Scholar, U.C. Berkeley, 1999-2001
- Law Clerk, Judge R. Guy Cole, Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 1998-1999
- Consultant, RAND Corporation, 1996-1998

