Draft:Nora Freeman Engstrom

Growing up in South Carolina, Engstrom graduated from Irmo High School in 1993 and then from Dartmouth College, summa cum laude, in 1997.{{Cite news |last1=Daprile |first1=Lucas |last2=Monk |first2=John |date=October 27, 2021 |title=SC 'lost a giant' in death of former USC law professor and ethics scholar John Freeman |url=https://www.thestate.com/news/local/education/article255265041.html |access-date=June 20, 2025 |work=The State}} She attended Stanford Law School where she served as an editor of the Stanford Law Review and was elected to the Order of the Coif.{{Cite web |last=Review |first=Stanford Law |title=Volume 54 (2001-2002) |url=https://www.stanfordlawreview.org/mastheads/volume-54-2001-2002/ |access-date=2025-06-20 |website=Stanford Law Review |language=en}} Engstrom graduated from Stanford Law School in 2002 and went on to clerk for then-Judge Merrick B. Garland of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and, following that, Judge Henry H. Kennedy Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.{{Cite news |last=Tan |first=LiLi |date=March 16, 2016 |title=Garland Would Make 'Extraordinary' Justice: Former Law Clerk |url=https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/garland-would-make-extraordinary-justice-former-law-clerk/76296/ |access-date=June 20, 2025 |work=NBC Bay Area}}{{Cite web |title=Nora Freeman Engstrom |url=https://lawschools.justia.com/profile/nora-freeman-engstrom-776613 |access-date=2025-06-20 |website=lawschools.justia.com |language=en}}

Engstrom practiced law at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, and in 2007, she joined Georgetown University Law Center as a Research Dean's Scholar.

In 2009, Engstrom joined the Stanford Law School faculty. She served as the Associate Dean for Curriculum between 2016 and 2018, and in 2021 was named the Ernest W. McFarland Professor of Law. Also in 2021, Engstrom became the co-director of Stanford Law School's Deborah L. Rhode Center on the Legal Profession.{{Cite web |last=School |first=Stanford Law |date=2022-05-12 |title=Stanford's Center on the Legal Profession Renamed after Founder Professor Deborah L. Rhode |url=https://law.stanford.edu/press/stanfords-center-on-the-legal-profession-renamed-after-founder-professor-deborah-l-rhode/ |access-date=2025-06-20 |website=Stanford Law School |language=en}}{{Cite web |last= |title=David and Nora Freeman Engstrom to Lead Center on the Legal Profession {{!}} The American Law Institute |url=https://www.ali.org/news/articles/david-and-nora-freeman-engstrom-lead-center-legal-profession |access-date=2025-06-20 |website=www.ali.org |language=en}}

Engstrom is a Reporter for the American Law Institute Third Restatement of Torts: Miscellaneous Provisions, and she served as a Reporter for the Third Restatement of Torts: Medical Malpractice.{{Cite web |last= |title=ALI Designates Two Reporter's Chairs {{!}} The American Law Institute |url=https://www.ali.org/news/articles/ali-designates-two-reporters-chairs |access-date=2025-06-20 |website=www.ali.org |language=en}}{{Cite web |last= |title=Torts: Miscellaneous Provisions Is Approved {{!}} The American Law Institute |url=https://www.ali.org/news/articles/torts-miscellaneous-provisions-approved |access-date=2025-06-20 |website=www.ali.org |language=en}}{{Cite web |last= |title=Torts: Medical Malpractice Is Approved {{!}} The American Law Institute |url=https://www.ali.org/news/articles/alis-torts-medical-malpractice-approved |access-date=2025-06-20 |website=www.ali.org |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Beyer |first=Rebecca |date=2023-01-10 |title=SLS Faculty at the American Law Institute: Focusing on Access to Justice, Torts, and Constitutional Violations |url=https://www.thealiadviser.org/torts-miscellaneous-provisions/sls-faculty-at-the-american-law-institute-focusing-on-access-to-justice-torts-and-constitutional-violations/ |access-date=2025-06-20 |website=The ALI Adviser |language=en-US}} She is also an Adviser for the Civil Liability for Artificial Intelligence project and the Third Restatement of Torts: Remedies.{{Cite web |last= |title=Civil Liability for Artificial Intelligence {{!}} The American Law Institute |url=https://www.ali.org/project/principles-law-civil-liability-artificial-intelligence |access-date=2025-06-20 |website=www.ali.org |language=en}} Engstrom had previously served as Chair of the Torts and Compensation Systems Section of the American Association of Law Schools.{{Cite web |title=AALS Announces 2025 Section Award Winners |url=https://www.aals.org/newsroom/releases/2025-section-awards/ |access-date=2025-06-20 |website=Association of American Law Schools |language=en}}

Engstrom co-authors three law school casebooks: Legal Ethics (now in its 8th edition); Tort Law and Alternatives (now in its 11th edition); and Legal Ethics: The Plaintiffs' Lawyers.{{Cite book |last1=Rhode |first1=Deborah L. |title=Legal Ethics |last2=Luban |first2=David |last3=Cummings |first3=Scott L. |last4=Freeman Engstrom |first4=Nora |publisher=Foundation Press |year=2020 |isbn=9781642426892 |edition=8th |language=English}}{{Cite book |last1=Franklin |first1=Marc A. |title=Tort Law and Alternatives: Cases and Materials |last2=Rabin |first2=Robert L. |last3=Green |first3=Michael D. |last4=Geistfeld |first4=Mark A. |last5=Freeman Engstrom |first5=Nora |publisher=Foundation Press |year=2021 |isbn=9781647084899 |edition=11th |language=English}}{{Cite book |last=Freeman Engstrom |first=Nora |title=Legal Ethics: The Plaintiffs' Lawyer |publisher=Foundation Press |year=2025 |isbn=9798892090551 |language=English}}

Engstrom's scholarship has been published in the Yale Law Journal,{{Cite journal |last=Freeman Engstrom |first=Nora |date=October 2019 |title=The Lessons of Lone Pine |url=https://www.yalelawjournal.org/article/the-lessons-of-lone-pine |journal=The Yale Law Journal |volume=129 |issue=1}}{{Cite journal |last1=Freeman Engstrom |first1=Nora |last2=Stone |first2=James |date=October 2024 |title=Auto Clubs and the Lost Origins of the Access-to-Justice Crisis |url=https://www.yalelawjournal.org/feature/auto-clubs-and-the-lost-origins-of-the-access-to-justice-crisis |journal=The Yale Law Journal |volume=134 |issue=1}} New York University Law Review,{{Cite journal |last=Freeman Engstrom |first=Nora |date=October 2011 |title=Sunlight and Settlement Mills |url=https://nyulawreview.org/issues/volume-86-number-4/sunlight-and-settlement-mills/ |journal=New York University Law Review |volume=86 |issue=4}} University of Pennsylvania Law Review,{{Cite journal |last=Freeman Engstrom |first=Nora |date=2015 |title=A Dose of Reality for Specialized Courts: Lessons from the VICP |url=https://scholarship.law.upenn.edu/penn_law_review/vol163/iss6/2/ |journal=University of Pennsylvania Law Review |volume=163 |issue=6}}{{Cite journal |last=Freeman Engstrom |first=Nora |date=2013 |title=3-D Printing and Product Liability: Identifying the Obstacles |url=https://scholarship.law.upenn.edu/penn_law_review_online/vol162/iss1/7/ |journal=University of Pennsylvania Law Review |volume=162 |issue=1}} the Chicago Law Review,{{Cite journal |last1=Freeman Engstrom |first1=David |last2=Freeman Engstrom |first2=Nora |last3=Gelbach |first3=Jonah B. |last4=Peters |first4=Austin |last5=Wen |first5=Garrett M. |date=2025 |title=Shedding Light on Secret Settlements: An Empirical Study of California's STAND Act |url=https://lawreview.uchicago.edu/sites/default/files/2025-01/02_Engstrom%20et%20al._ART_Final.pdf |journal=The University of Chicago Law Review |volume=92}} and the Stanford Law Review.{{Cite journal |last=Freeman Engstrom |first=Nora |date=May 2013 |title=Attorney Advertising and the Contingency Fee Cost Paradox |url=https://www.stanfordlawreview.org/print/article/attorney-advertising-and-the-contingency-fee-cost-paradox/ |journal=Stanford Law Review |volume=65 |issue=4}}{{Cite journal |last1=Freeman Engstrom |first1=Nora |last2=Rabin |first2=Robert L. |date=February 2021 |title=Pursuing Public Health Through Litigation |url=https://www.stanfordlawreview.org/print/article/pursuing-public-health-through-litigation/ |journal=Stanford Law Review |volume=73 |issue=2}} She has published legal commentaries in Bloomberg,{{Cite news |last1=Freeman Engstrom |first1=Nora |last2=Freeman Engstrom |first2=David |date=May 18, 2023 |title=Don't Scapegoat Robots to Protect the Lawyer Monopoly on Services |url=https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/dont-scapegoat-robots-to-protect-the-lawyer-monopoly-on-services |access-date=June 20, 2025 |work=Bloomberg Law}} Slate,{{Cite news |last1=Freeman Engstrom |first1=David |last2=Freeman Engstrom |first2=Nora |date=October 17, 2022 |title=Why Do Blue States Keep Prioritizing Lawyers Over Low-Income Americans? |url=https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/10/blue-states-legal-services-lawyers-fail.html |access-date=June 20, 2025 |work=Slate}}{{Cite news |last1=Cummings |first1=Scott |last2=Freeman Engstrom |first2=Nora |last3=Luban |first3=David |last4=Rhode |first4=Deborah L. |date=November 23, 2020 |title=It's Time to Consider Sanctions for Trump's Legal Team |url=https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/11/trump-legal-team-rudy-giuliani-state-bar-sanctions.html |access-date=June 20, 2025 |work=Slate}} and The Los Angeles Times.{{Cite news |last=Freeman Engstrom |first=Nora |date=March 10, 2016 |title=Op-Ed: The courts will fail Flint, too |url=https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-0310-engstrom-flint-water-lawsuits-20160311-story.html |access-date=June 20, 2025 |work=Los Angeles Times}}{{Cite news |last1=Freeman Engstrom |first1=Nora |last2=Rabin |first2=Robert L. |date=August 13, 2013 |title=Raise the cap on malpractice awards |url=https://www.latimes.com/opinion/opinion-la/la-oe-engstrom-malpractice-damage-caps-20130813-story.html |access-date=June 20, 2025 |work=Los Angeles Times}} Engstrom files amicus briefs in courts{{Cite web |date=November 2022 |title=BRIEF OF AMICI CURIAE LAW PROFESSORS IN SUPPORT OF RESPONDENTS in Sarah Gregory and New Prime v. Jaswinder Chohan |url=https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/files/law-professor-amici-curiae-brief-in-support-of-respondents-1.pdf |access-date=June 21, 2025 |website=lawprofessors.typepad.com}}{{Cite web |date=June 5, 2023 |title=BRIEF OF NORA FREEMAN ENGSTROM, BRUCE A. GREEN, PETER A. JOY, W. BRADLEY WENDEL, RONALD F. WRIGHT, AND ELLEN C. YAROSHEFSKY AS AMICI CURIAE IN SUPPORT OF PETITIONER |url=https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/22/22-7466/268438/20230605162552946_Glossip%20Amicus%20Brief.pdf |access-date=June 21, 2025 |website=supremecourt.gov}}{{Cite web |date=February 26, 2018 |title=BRIEF OF LEGAL ETHICISTS AS AMICI CURIAE IN SUPPORT OF RESPONDENTS in National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Xavier Becerra |url=https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/16/16-1140/36680/20180226164601552_Amicus%20Brief.pdf |access-date=June 21, 2025 |website=supremecourt.gov}} and comments on legal matters in the national press.{{Cite news |last=Associated Press |date=February 24, 2016 |title=Jury Awards $72 Million in Johnson & Johnson Cancer Suit Over Baby Powder |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/missouri-jury-awards-72-million-in-johnson-johnson-cancer-suit-1456325078 |access-date=June 21, 2025 |work=The Wall Street Journal}}{{Cite journal |last=Hamblin |first=James |date=May 14, 2019 |title=Why the Government Pays Billions to People Who Claim Injury by Vaccines |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2019/05/vaccine-safety-program/589354/ |journal=The Atlantic}}{{Cite news |last=Cohen |first=Patricia |date=June 24, 2020 |title=Roundup Maker to Pay $10 Billion to Settle Cancer Suits |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/24/business/roundup-settlement-lawsuits.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Ck0.CJ8i.HrlirN7bMh_E&hpgrp=k-abar&smid=url-share |access-date=June 21, 2025 |work=The New York Times}}{{Cite news |last=Rohrich |first=Zoe |date=November 14, 2023 |title=New Yorkers could be compensated for emotional loss in wrongful death cases under bill |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/new-yorkers-compensated-emotional-loss-wrongful-death-cases-rcna124992 |access-date=June 21, 2025 |work=NBC News}}

In 2021, Engstrom's article The Lessons of Lone Pine received Berkeley Law School Civil Justice Research Initiative's inaugural Best Article prize,{{Cite web |title=CJRI June '21 Newsletter |url=https://myemail.constantcontact.com/CJRI-June--21-Newsletter.html?soid=1131879562815&aid=-NaFtC1NAaE |access-date=2025-06-21 |website=UC Berkeley School of Law}}{{Cite web |last=School |first=Stanford Law |date=2021-08-26 |title=Nora Freeman Engstrom Awarded Berkeley Law's Civil Justice Research Initiative's Best Article Prize |url=https://law.stanford.edu/2021/08/26/nora-freeman-engstrom-awarded-berkeley-laws-civil-justice-research-initiatives-best-article-prize/ |access-date=2025-06-21 |website=Stanford Law School |language=en}} and her article The Trouble with Trial Time Limits was recognized by the National Civil Justice Institute.{{Cite web |title=Civil Justice Scholarship Award |url=https://ncji.org/civil-justice-scholarship-award/ |access-date=2025-06-21 |website=National Civil Justice Institute |language=en-US}} In 2022, the American Law Institute awarded Engstrom the R. Ammi Cutter Reporter's Chair in 2022.{{Cite web |last= |title=ALI Designates Two Reporter's Chairs {{!}} The American Law Institute |url=https://www.ali.org/news/articles/ali-designates-two-reporters-chairs |access-date=2025-06-20 |website=www.ali.org |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Stanford Law School's Nora Freeman Engstrom Designated Chair for American Law Institute's Restatement of Torts {{!}} Practice Source - Legal News and Views - Asia Pacific and Beyond |url=https://practicesource.com/stanford-law-schools-nora-freeman-engstrom-designated-chair-for-american-law-institutes-restatement-of-torts/ |access-date=2025-06-20 |website=practicesource.com |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Reporter's Chairs |url=https://www.ali.org/about/awards/reporters-chairs |access-date=June 21, 2025 |website=The American Law Institute}} She received a Complex Litigation Ethics Award in 2024.{{Cite web |date=2024-09-16 |title=Awards - Complex Litigation Ethics Conference |url=https://litigationethicsconference.org/awards-post-awards/ |access-date=2025-06-21 |language=en-US}} In 2025, the American Association of Law Schools (AALS) awarded Engstrom the William L. Prosser Award, and Engstrom is believed to be the youngest Prosser Award winner.{{Cite web |last=School |first=Stanford Law |date=2024-09-19 |title=SLS's Nora Freeman Engstrom Honored with Prosser Award for Outstanding Contributions to Tort Law |url=https://law.stanford.edu/press/slss-nora-freeman-engstrom-honored-with-prosser-award-for-outstanding-contributions-to-tort-law/ |access-date=2025-06-21 |website=Stanford Law School |language=en}} Also in 2025, AALS recognized her article Auto Clubs and the Lost Origins of the Access to Justice Crisis.{{Cite web |title=AALS Announces 2025 Section Award Winners |url=https://www.aals.org/newsroom/releases/2025-section-awards/ |access-date=2025-06-21 |website=Association of American Law Schools |language=en}}

Engstrom is married to fellow Stanford Law School professor David Freeman Engstrom.{{Cite news |date=October 12, 2003 |title=Weddings/Celebrations; Nora Freeman, David Engstrom |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/12/style/weddings-celebrations-nora-freeman-david-engstrom.html |access-date=June 21, 2025 |work=The New York Times}} They have two children.{{Cite web |date=December 10, 2021 |title=A House Resolution to Express the Profound Sorrow of the Members of the South Carolina House of Representatives Upon the Passing of John Freeman |url=https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/bills/4700.htm |access-date=June 21, 2025 |website=scstatehouse.gov}}

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