Alice Silkey
Director of the Academic Success ProgramEmail: asilkey@gw.hamline.edu
Phone: 651 523-3012
B.A., Carleton College
J.D., William Mitchell College of Law
Areas of legal expertise: Legal research and writing, legal advocacy, academic support
Professor Silkey has combined her expertise in writing with her passion for teaching to build an excellent legal writing program at Hamline University School of Law. With leadership and insight, she has built a team of professional legal research and writing instructors who teach the skills that are critical to the ethical and competent practice of law.
Directing the legal writing program, Professor Silkey strives to offer writing and research classes that allow students to stretch their abilities, develop critical legal skills, and ultimately learn how to articulate their thoughts and ideas on the law through writing.
Prior to joining Hamline's School of Law faculty, Professor Silkey was an adjunct professor of legal research and writing at William Mitchell College of Law and was a solo practitioner in the areas of estate planning, wills and trusts, and real estate. In law school, she received American Jurisprudence Awards for achievement in Administrative Law and in Negotiable Instruments.
In addition to directing the Legal Research and Writing Program, Professor Silkey teaches legal writing and serves as an academic success tutor. She is a member of the Legal Writing Institute and the Association of Legal Writing Directors.