Benjamin Perrin

Benjamin Perrin is a law professor at the University of British Columbia. His research and teaching interests include criminal law, constitutional law, international law, and artificial intelligence. Ben leads the UBC AI & Criminal Justice Initiative and is a member of the UBC Centre for Artificial Intelligence Decision-Making and Action (CAIDA).

Ben has served in the Prime Minister’s Office as in-house legal counsel and lead criminal justice and public safety policy advisor. He was also a law clerk at the Supreme Court of Canada, and advised judges at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and Special Court for Sierra Leone on international humanitarian law and international criminal law.

He is the author of policy papers, journal articles, and several books, including: Indictment: The Criminal Justice System on Trial (UTP, 2023), Overdose: Heartbreak and Hope in Canada’s Opioid Crisis (Penguin Random House, 2020), Victim Law: The Law of Victims of Crime in Canada (Thomson Carswell, 2017), and Criminal Law: Canadian Law, Indigenous Laws & Critical Perspectives (CanLII, 2023) – an open-access textbook for law students. His next open-access textbook Artificial Intelligence & Criminal Justice is being published in January 2025.

Ben enjoys running, swimming and obstacle course racing. He is a follower of Jesus Christ.

You can visit his website at www.benjaminperrin.ca and listen to his award-winning podcast “Indictment.”