Christopher Lau
WIP Clinical Associate Professor
Pronouns: He/Him
Contact
christopher.lau@wisc.edu
608/262-3646
975 Bascom Mall, 4318c Law Building, Madison, WI, USA, 53706-1399
Education
J.D., University of California, Berkeley, School of Law
M.P.A., Princeton University, School of Public and International Affairs
B.A., Wesleyan University
Biography
Christopher is an Associate Clinical Professor and Co-Director of The Wisconsin Innocence Project Clinic.
Previously, he was a Visiting Assistant Professor at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, where he taught in the Criminal Defense Clinic. He started his legal career as a staff attorney in the Criminal Defense Practice of the Bronx Defenders, where he had the privilege of defending people enmeshed in the criminal legal system.
His research examines alternatives to the current system's focus on policing and prosecution.
He holds a joint J.D.- M.P.A. from U.C. Berkeley School of Law and Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affairs.
Scholarship & Publications
SSRN
Law Repository
Activities
Christopher Lau published "Interrupting Gun Violence" in 104 Boston University Law Review 769 (2024).
Christopher Lau presented on a panel about Non-Carceral Solutions to Gun Violence during the University of Minnesota Law Review's Symposium Oct. 27, 2023.
News & Media
Tuesday, Nov 26, 2024Wisconsin Innocence Project Client Manuel Cucuta Released After 27 Years in Prison
UW Law NewsWednesday, Dec 8, 2021Christopher Lau discusses WIP, the innocent pleading guilty, WI's prison population, and more
WORT Radio