Professor of Law, Associate Dean, Bernard D. Bergreen Faculty Scholar, Stanford Law School
David Freeman Engstrom is a nationally recognized expert and award-winning scholar in civil procedure, administrative law, and constitutional law. Current work includes a major study for the Administrative Conference of the United States on AI use by federal administrative agencies and a project on the effect of emerging legal technologies on the civil justice system. He is also serving as an Associate Dean at Stanford Law School and is leading an initiative charting the school’s future work around digital technology. Beyond teaching and research, Engstrom has served as counsel or consultant to a wide range of public and private entities and is a frequent amicus before the U.S. Supreme Court. He is an elected member of the American Law Institute and a faculty affiliate at the Stanford Human-Centered AI Initiative and at CodeX: The Stanford Center for Legal Informatics. He holds a J.D. from Stanford Law School, an M.Sc. from Oxford University, and a Ph.D. from Yale University.