Molly Shaffer Van Houweling

Molly Shaffer Van Houweling (born March 1, 1973) is an American cyclist, academic and legal scholar. Van Houweling is Professor of Law and Associate Dean at the UC Berkeley School of Law and serves as the chair of the board of Creative Commons.[1] Van Houweling is also on the board of Authors Alliance a non-profit organization that helps authors disseminate their work broadly.[2] She received her J.D. from the Harvard Law School in 1998. After law school she clerked for Judge Michael Boudin of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, and then in 2000-2001 for Justice David Souter of the U.S. Supreme Court. She was previously on the faculty of the University of Michigan Law School before moving to UC Berkeley.[3]

Molly Shaffer Van Houweling

Molly S. Van Houweling at a Creative Commons board meeting in 2008
Personal information
Full name	Molly Shaffer Van Houweling
Born	(1973-01-03) January 3, 1973  United States
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Time Triallist
Amateur teams
2007	JL Velo Cycling Team
2007–2013	Metromint Cycling

Molly Shaffer Van Houweling pictured after her UCI hour record setting ride on September 12, 2015.

In addition to her work as a legal academic and copyright activist, Shaffer Van Houweling is also a competitive bicycle racer. On September 12, 2015, she set a new Hour record by cycling 46.273 km in an hour.[4] Van Houweling is also a six-time UCI Amateur Road World Champion, most recently winning the time trial titles at the 2018 UCI World Cycling Tour Final in Varese, Italy.