Christopher Lau

Clinical Associate Professor; Director, Wisconsin Innocence Project

Pronouns: He/Him

Contact

christopher.lau@wisc.edu
975 Bascom Mall, Madison, WI, USA, 53706-1399

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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 criminal legal system's focus on policing and prosecution. His work has been published or is forthcoming in the Boston University Law Review and Cornell Law Review.

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 participated in a roundtable on "Critical Evidence: Innovations in Scholarship and Teaching" at the Law and Society Annual Conference in Chicago on May 23, 2025.
Christopher Lau presented his article, "Shadow Forensics: Uncovering 911 Call Analysis," forthcoming in the Cornell Law Review, at a panel on Judging and Legal Norms at the Law and Society Annual Conference in Chicago on May 22, 2025.
Christopher Lau was elected secretary of the AALS Section on Criminal Law.
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.