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 at the UC Berkeley School of Law and served as the chair of the board of Creative Commons. Van Houweling is also on the board of Authors Alliance a non-profit organization that helps authors disseminate their work broadly. Van Houweling also serves as an Associate Reporter for the American Law Institute Restatement of Copyright. 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.

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. 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 Jersey rainbow chrono.svg UCI Masters World Championship Time Trial (W35-39)
 * 1st Overall Valley of the Sun Stage Race
 * 1st Stage 1
 * 1st Northern California/Nevada Road Race Championship
 * 1st Northern California/Nevada Time Trial Championship


 * 2012
 * UCI Masters World Championship (W35-39)
 * 1st Jersey rainbow chrono.svg Time Trial
 * 1st Jersey rainbow.svg Road Race
 * 1st Overall Mariposa Women's Stage Race
 * 1st Northern California/Nevada Time Trial Championship
 * 1st Northern California/Nevada Prestige Series


 * 2014
 * UCI Masters World Championship (W40-44)
 * 1st Jersey rainbow chrono.svg Time Trial
 * 1st Jersey rainbow.svg Road Race
 * 1st Northern California/Nevada Time Trial Championship
 * US Hour Record 44.173km


 * 2015
 * UCI Hour Best Performance (W40-44) 46.088km
 * UCI Hour Record 46.273km
 * UCI Masters World Championship (W40-44)
 * 1st Jersey rainbow chrono.svg Time Trial
 * 1st Jersey rainbow.svg Road Race
 * 1st Northern California/Nevada Time Trial Championship


 * 2016
 * Masters National Track Championships
 * 1st MaillotUSA.PNG Individual Pursuit (W40-44)
 * National Records
 * 40km Time Trial Record (W40-44), 52:48
 * Individual Pursuit (W40-44), 2:30.613
 * Kilo (W40-44), 1:16.104


 * 2017
 * UCI Masters World Track Championships
 * 1st Jersey rainbow.svg Team Pursuit (W40-44)
 * 1st Jersey rainbow.svg Individual Pursuit (W40-44)
 * National Track Championships
 * 1st MaillotUSA.PNG Team Pursuit
 * 2nd Individual Pursuit
 * World Bests
 * UCI Hour Best Performance (W40-44), 47.061km
 * UCI Best Performance 2km Pursuit (W40-44), 2:24.753
 * National Records
 * Kilo (W40-44), 1:14.772
 * Team Pursuit (W40-44), 3:48.259


 * 2018
 * UCI Masters World Road Championship (W45-49)
 * 1st Jersey rainbow chrono.svg Time Trial
 * National Track Championships
 * 1st MaillotUSA.PNG Team Pursuit
 * 2nd Individual Pursuit
 * World Bests
 * UCI Hour Best Performance (W45-49), 46.897km
 * National Records
 * 40km Time Trial Record (W45-49), 55:16.626


 * 2019
 * National Track Championships
 * 1st MaillotUSA.PNG Individual Pursuit


 * 2022
 * UCI Masters World Road Championship (W45-49)
 * 3rd Time Trial
 * 3rd UCI Masters World Gravel Championship (W45-49)


 * 2023
 * UCI Masters World Road Championship (W50-54)
 * 2nd Time Trial