Professor Engstrom’s scholarship lies at the intersection oftort law and professional ethics, and her current work explores theday-to-day operation of the tort system and particularly the tortsystem’s interaction with alternative compensation mechanisms, such asworkers’ compensation and no-fault automobile insurance. ProfessorEngstrom has also written extensively on attorney advertising and lawfirms she calls “settlement mills”—high-volume personal injury lawpractices that heavily advertise and mass-produce the resolution ofclaims.