David Hausman is an Assistant Professor at Berkeley Law School. He does empirical work on U.S. immigration enforcement, mostly using government data disclosed in response to Freedom of Information Act requests. He also co-directs the Deportation Data Project. Before joining Berkeley, he practiced law at the ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project in New York City.
For more information, visit Hausman’s personal website.
Education
Ph.D. in Political Science, Stanford University (2020)
J.D., Stanford University (2015)
David Hausman is teaching the following course in Fall 2026:
• 200F sec. 003 - Civil Procedure
Courses During Other Semesters
| Semester | Course Num | Course Title |  Teaching Evaluations | Fall 2025 | 200F sec. 003 | Civil Procedure | View Teaching Evaluation | 216 sec. 001 | Law, Economics, and Business Colloquium | View Teaching Evaluation | Spring 2025 | 288.1 sec. 001 | Immigration Law | View Teaching Evaluation |
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