David Freeman Engstrom

David Freeman Engstrom is the LSVF Professor in Law and co-director of the Deborah L. Rhode Center on the Legal Profession at Stanford Law School.

In addition to his current role as co-director of the Rhode Center, Engstrom previously served as Stanford Law’s associate dean for strategic initiatives and has chaired multiple committees, from faculty appointments to workshops. He is a faculty affiliate at CodeX: The Stanford Center for Legal Informatics, the Regulation, Evaluation, and Governance Lab (RegLab), and the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI, where he chaired the Technology Policy Governance Committee.

He is an elected member of the American Law Institute, a public member of the Administrative Conference of the United States, and a fellow of the American Bar Foundation.

Before joining Stanford’s faculty, Engstrom litigated at what is now Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick in Washington, D.C. He also clerked for Judge Diane P. Wood of the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and was a John M. Olin Fellow at Yale Law School.

He holds a J.D. from Stanford Law School, an M.Sc. from Oxford University, and a Ph.D. in political science from Yale University.