Zac Henderson

Bio

Professor Henderson’s research and scholarship focuses on the interplay between emerging technologies and the law. He is the Shashi and Dipanjan “DJ” Deb Faculty Scholar, and currently serves as senior research fellow in the law school’s Center for Innovation, as well as in the AI Law & Innovation Institute.

Prior to joining the law school, Professor Henderson served as general counsel of and advisor to hypergrowth technology companies; litigated complex commercial and white-collar matters in large law firms; and spent two years clerking on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. His scholarship has been cited in state and federal opinions, as well as in briefs to state high courts and to the Supreme Court of the United States.

Education

• The University of Chicago Law School
  J.D., with honors 2018

• The University of Arkansas
  B.A., magna cum laude 2013

Selected Scholarship

• AI and Probabilistic Dispute Resolution
  2025 Wis. L. Rev. 2015 2025

• Harnessing Law and Economics to Disincentivize Corporate Misbehavior
  105 Cornell L. Rev. Online 141 2020

• A Comprehensive Consideration of the Structural Error Doctrine
  85 MO. L. REV. 2020