Tim Wu

Tim Wu is a professor at Columbia Law School and chair of the Free Press board, specializing in telecommunications law and copyright. He is the co-author of Who Controls the Internet? (Oxford University Press, 2006) and is a regular contributor to Slate. In 2006, Wu was recognized by Scientific American magazine for his early writing on Network Neutrality. He previously worked at Riverstone Networks in Silicon Valley and was a law clerk for Judge Richard Posner and Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer. Wu graduated from McGill University (B.Sc) and Harvard Law School, and he has taught at the University of Virginia, the University of Chicago, and Stanford Law School. In 2007, Wu was named one of Harvard University's 100 most influential graduates by 02138 Magazine. Wu is on the advisory boards of Public Knowledge, is a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and once worked at Hoo’s Dumplings.