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Benjamin Alarie
Born1977 (age 46–47)
Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
EducationWilfrid Laurier University (BA)
University of Toronto (MA, JD)
Yale University (LLM)
Occupation(s)Lawyer, legal scholar, entrepreneur
EmployerUniversity of Toronto

Benjamin Alarie (born 1977) is a Canadian jurist, law professor, and entrepreneur. He serves as Professor at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law, where he also holds the Osler Chair in Business Law. He is an author of many publications in the domain of taxation and constitutional law with respect to issues of taxation and fiscal federalism.[1][2] Alarie is co-founder and CEO of Blue J,[3] a legal software company based in Toronto, Canada.[4][5][6]

Education

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Benjamin Alarie attended Wilfrid Laurier University, a public university in Waterloo, where he received his B.A. in 1999. In 1999, Alarie entered the University of Toronto, where he was a junior fellow at Massey College. In 2002, he graduated from the University of Toronto with an M.A in economics and a J.D. with honours. Continuing his graduate studies at Yale Law School, he received his Master of Laws (LL.M.) in 2003.[7][8][9]

Career

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Law practice and academic career

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Alarie's research and academic interests include taxation law, judicial decision-making and practical use of artificial intelligence in the field of jurisprudence.[10][11] In 2003, Alarie began his legal career as a law clerk for Madam Justice Louise Arbour at the Supreme Court of Canada. In 2004, Alarie joined the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Law as a full-time professor. He was awarded the Alan Mewett QC Prize for excellence in teaching by the law school's graduating class of 2009. Alarie is an affiliated faculty member of the Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence[10] and the Schwartz Reisman Institute.[7] He is a coauthor of several editions of a textbook on tax law, Canadian Income Tax Law.[12][13] He coined the term “legal singularity” in 2016 and is co-author of the peer-reviewed book, The Legal Singularity: How Artificial Intelligence Can Make Law Radically Better (University of Toronto Press, 2023).[14]

Blue J

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In 2015, Alarie co-founded (along with Brett Janssen, Anthony Niblett and Albert Yoon) Blue J,[15] a Toronto-based legal tech startup company specializing in using artificial intelligence for legal research and analysis.[16][17]

According to a number of sources, the company's software uses AI and machine learning algorithms to assist with legal research by analyzing large amounts of data to predict a court's likely verdict in various kinds of legal cases.[18][19][20] The company's AI software program was used in 2018 in a pilot program organized by The Department of Justice in Canada and has subsequently been adopted. The Canada Revenue Agency has also adopted Blue J's software.[21]

Notable publications

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  • Benjamin Alarie, Anthony Niblett, Albert H Yoon, "How artificial intelligence will affect the practice of law"[22]
  • Benjamin Alarie, Anthony Niblett, Albert H Yoon, "Law in the future"[23]
  • Benjamin Alarie, "The path of the law: Towards legal singularity"[2]
  • Duff, David; Alarie, Benjamin (2006). Canadian Income Tax Law (2nd ed.). LexisNexis. ISBN 978-0-433-45416-8.
  • Alarie, Benjamin; Green, Andrew J. (2017). Commitment and Cooperation on High Courts. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-939759-4.
  • Benjamin Alarie, "Turning Standards into Rules Part 1: Using Machine Learning to Predict Tax Outcomes" [24]
  • Benjamin Alarie, "Turning Standards into Rules Part 2: How Do Financial Risk Factors Affect Debt vs. Equity Determinations?" [25]
  • Benjamin Alarie, "Turning Standards into Rules—Part 3: Behavioral Control Factors in Employee vs. Independent Contractor Decisions" [26]
  • Benjamin Alarie, "Turning Standards into Rules Part 4: Machine Learning and Economic Substance" [27]
  • Benjamin Alarie, "Turning Standards into Rules—Part 5: Weighing the Factors in Capital Gains vs. Ordinary Income Decisions" [28]
  • Benjamin Alarie, "The Path of the Law: Toward Legal Singularity" [29]
  • Benjamin Alarie and David Duff, "The Legacy of UK Tax Concepts in Canadian Income Tax Law" [2008] British Tax Review 228.[30]
  • Benjamin Alarie, "Mutual Misunderstanding in Contract" (2009) 46(4) American Business Law Journal 531.[31]
  • Benjamin Alarie and Andrew James Green, "The Reasonable Justice: An Empirical Analysis of Justice Frank Iacobucci's Career on the Supreme Court of Canada" (2007) 57 University of Toronto Law Journal 195.[32]
  • Benjamin Alarie and Andrew James Green, "Policy Preference Change and Appointments to the Supreme Court of Canada" (2009) 47(1) Osgoode Hall Law Journal [33]

References

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  1. ^ "Benjamin Alarie's Publications". Google Scholar.
  2. ^ a b Alarie, Benjamin (Fall 2016). "The path of the law: Towards legal singularity". University of Toronto Law Journal. 66 (4): 443–455. doi:10.3138/UTLJ.4008. S2CID 151579966.
  3. ^ "Intelligent Diagramming & Research | Blue J". www.bluej.com. Retrieved 2023-04-09.
  4. ^ Legal, Blue J. "Blue J Legal | Predictive Tax Law Software". www.bluejlegal.com. Retrieved 2019-08-15.
  5. ^ "This Toronto startup uses A.I. to help lawyers predict trial outcomes". www.canadianbusiness.com. Retrieved 2019-05-16.
  6. ^ "AI technology can enhance a practice | Law Times". www.lawtimesnews.com. Retrieved 2019-05-16.
  7. ^ a b "Benjamin Alarie University Profile". University of Toronto - Faculty of Law.
  8. ^ "The Promise of AI for Positive Comparative Law". Faculty of Law. Retrieved 2019-05-16.
  9. ^ "Laurier explores the impact of computational and design thinking at its first annual Ignite Your Teaching event | Wilfrid Laurier University". www.wlu.ca. Retrieved 2019-05-16.
  10. ^ a b "Benjamin Alarie | University of Toronto Faculty of Law". www.law.utoronto.ca. Retrieved 2019-08-15.
  11. ^ "Transcending Books: What's Next For Law and Society?". TED.
  12. ^ Duff, David; Alarie, Benjamin; Loomer, Geoffrey; Philipps, Lisa (January 2018). "Canadian Income Tax Law, 6th ed". Books. Osgoode Digital Commons.
  13. ^ Canadian Income Tax Law, 6th ed. WorldCat. OCLC 1045387116.
  14. ^ AIDID, ABDIRASHID. ALARIE, BENJAMIN (2023). LEGAL SINGULARITY : how artificial intelligence can make law radically better. [S.l.]: UNIV OF TORONTO PRESS. ISBN 978-1-4875-2941-3. OCLC 1348635469.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  15. ^ "Company's Team". Blue J Legal.
  16. ^ "Artificial intelligence takes the drudgery out of legal work". The Global and Mail.
  17. ^ "LegalTech is Building its Profile in the Professional Community". BornDigital. 23 April 2018.
  18. ^ "AI Coming For Tax Planners - The Horror". Forbes.
  19. ^ "Canadian tech firm Blue J Legal will help build split-income tax tool". Canadian Lawyer Magazine.
  20. ^ "AI technology can enhance a practice". Law Times.
  21. ^ "Litigation gone digital: Ottawa experiments with artificial intelligence in tax cases". CBC.
  22. ^ Alarie, Benjamin; Niblett, Anthony; Yoon, Albert H. (January 2018). "How artificial intelligence will affect the practice of law". University of Toronto Law Journal. 68 (1): 106–124. doi:10.3138/utlj.2017-0052. hdl:1807/88092.
  23. ^ Alarie, Benjamin; Niblett, Anthony; Yoon, Albert H. (Fall 2016). "Law in the future". University of Toronto Law Journal. 66 (4): 423–428. doi:10.3138/UTLJ.4005. S2CID 147775292.
  24. ^ Alarie, Benjamin (2018-09-19). "Turning Standards into Rules Part 1: Using Machine Learning to Predict Tax Outcomes". Rochester, NY. SSRN 3374042. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  25. ^ Alarie, Benjamin (2018-12-04). "Turning Standards into Rules Part 2: How Do Financial Risk Factors Affect Debt vs. Equity Determinations?". Rochester, NY. SSRN 3374049. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  26. ^ Alarie, Benjamin (2018-12-17). "Turning Standards into Rules — Part 3: Behavioral Control Factors in Employee vs. Independent Contractor Decisions". Rochester, NY. SSRN 3374051. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  27. ^ Alarie, Benjamin (2018-12-27). "Turning Standards into Rules Part 4: Machine Learning and Economic Substance". Rochester, NY. SSRN 3374053. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  28. ^ Alarie, Benjamin (2019-01-15). "Turning Standards into Rules — Part 5: Weighing the Factors in Capital Gains vs. Ordinary Income Decisions". Rochester, NY. SSRN 3374054. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  29. ^ Alarie, Benjamin (2016-05-27). "The Path of the Law: Toward Legal Singularity". Rochester, NY. SSRN 2767835. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  30. ^ Duff, David G.; Alarie, Benjamin (2008). "The Legacy of UK Tax Concepts in Canadian Income Tax Law". Rochester, NY. SSRN 1120784. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  31. ^ Alarie, Benjamin (2009). "Mutual Misunderstanding in Contract". Rochester, NY. SSRN 1142941. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  32. ^ Green, Andrew James; Alarie, Benjamin (2007-09-07). "The Reasonable Justice: An Empirical Analysis of Justice Frank Iacobucci's Career on the Supreme Court of Canada". Rochester, NY. SSRN 1012925. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  33. ^ Green, Andrew James; Alarie, Benjamin (2007-09-18). "Policy Preference Change and Appointments to the Supreme Court of Canada". Rochester, NY. SSRN 1013560. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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