Molly Shaffer Van Houweling pictured after her UCI hour record setting ride on September 12, 2015.
Molly Shaffer Van Houweling (born March 1, 1973) is an American cyclist, academic and legal scholar. Van Houweling is Professor of Law at the UC Berkeley School of Law and served 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] Van Houweling also serves as an Associate Reporter for the American Law Institute Restatement of Copyright.[3] 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.[4]
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.[5] 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.
Palmares
2007
1st Northern California/Nevada Time Trial Championship
2009
1st Northern California/Nevada Time Trial Championship
1st Colorado Time Trial Championship
2010
1st Overall Mt. Hood Cycling Classic
1st Stage 2
1st Overall Kern County Women's Stage Race
1st Overall Topsport Stage
1st Copperopolis Road Race
1st Northern California/Nevada Time Trial Championship
1st Stage 1 Valley of the Sun Stage Race
2011
1st UCI Masters World Championship Time Trial (W35-39)