Linda J. Silberman is the Martin Lipton Professor of Law at New York University School of Law, where she teaches Civil Procedure, Comparative Procedure, Conflict of Laws, International Litigation, and International Arbitration. Prior to coming to NYU in 1971, she spent several years in private practice in Chicago. She has also been Professor in Residence at the U.S. Justice Department, Civil Division, Appellate Staff.

Professor Silberman is co-author of a Civil Procedure casebook and Civil Litigation in Comparative Context (2007). She was Co-Reporter for the ALI Project on Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments. Her recent scholarship includes her Hague Lectures covering the various Hague Children's Conventions and articles on the role of choice of law in class actions.