Career
Van Houweling is also on the board of Authors Alliance a non-profit organization that helps authors disseminate their work broadly. She received her Juris Doctor from the Harvard Law School in 1998 and was previously on the faculty of the University of Michigan Law School before moving to University of California Berkeley. In addition to her work as a legal academic and copyright activist, Van Howeling is also a competitive bicycle racer.
On September 12, 2015 she set a new Hour record by cycling 46.273 km in an hour.