Mallory Silberman became a member of the faculty in mid-2012 and typically teaches in the spring. In her course, students learn the fundamentals of advocacy from “one of the best advocates” in international arbitration. (Who’s Who Legal)

In addition to calling her “an extremely skilled advocate,” Who’s Who Legal says that Professor Silberman is “a real pleasure to work with” and also brings to our campus some “exceptional knowledge” — “[s]he is among the world’s most experienced young practitioners of investment arbitration.”

From 2010–23, when she was in private practice (at Arnold & Porter, a law firm with its HQ here in Washington), Professor Silberman served as counsel in roughly 50 disputes under 35 different BITs and other treaties and instruments. Across these cases, Professor Silberman spent tens of thousands of hours analyzing, advising, drafting written submissions, preparing for hearings, and delivering arguments on all sorts of issues. Over time, she represented investors and 17 different countries from all over the world in an array of proceedings under multiple generations of the ICSID and UNCITRAL arbitration rules.

Throughout her career, Professor Silberman has taught various practical skills —including in-person advocacy, arbitration project management, remote oral advocacy, cross-examination, written advocacy, how to prepare for a hearing, second-chairing, and teamwork — to many hundreds of students and practitioners of all levels. She is a co-chair of Delos’ ROAP Americas (a program that teaches remote oral advocacy) and has served on the faculty of the ABA Masterclass and workshops hosted by Harvard Young ICCA, and Young OGEMID, among others.

Of her 60 or so publications and speaking engagements, the three most interesting ones for a prospective student of her class may be her practice notes and how-to guides in the ICSID REVIEW, Kluwer Arbitration, and GAR’s Guide to Advocacy — all of which are available through the library. Respectively, these publications cover (i) using PowerPoint and demonstratives, (ii) writing for an international audience, and (iii) how to excel as a second-chair.