Marjorie A. Silver

Professor of Law

B.A., summa cum laude, 1970, Brandeis University, Phi Beta Kappa; J.D., magna cum laude, 1973, University of Pennsylvania Law School, Order of the Coif.

Room:  311E
Phone: 631 761-7144
Email:  MSilver@tourolaw.edu

Admitted to the bars of New York, Pennsylvania, and various federal courts. Professor Silver served as law clerk to U.S. District Judge Joseph S. Lord III, Pennsylvania. She came to law teaching after a decade in the federal government, where, as Chief Regional Civil Rights attorney for the U.S. Department of Education, she enforced non-discrimination laws. Professor Silver has been an active member of the New York City Bar, and under the auspices of the City Bar Justice Center Immigrant Women and Children project, she represents immigrant women who are victims of physical or emotional abuse by their citizen or lawful permanent resident spouses. She has also served as an impartial hearing officer for the New York State Department of Education, adjudicating special education disputes. She currently serves as a Trustee of the New York State Lawyer Assistance Trust, having been appointed by Chief Justice Judith Kaye in January 2007. Professor Silver has an international reputation as a teacher, speaker and writer on emotional competence, psychological-mindedness, legal education, lawyering, and professionalism. She is a contributing author and the editor of The Affective Assistance of Counsel: Practicing Law as a Healing Profession (Carolina Academic Press 2007). Her book’s web site: http://www.cap-press.com/books/1645.