Michelle R. Slack
Assistant Professor of Law

Biography

Michelle R. Slack, a native Clevelander and big Indians’ fan, is a 1990 graduate of Kent State University (Magna Cum Laude) and a 1994 graduate of Case Western Reserve University School of Law (Order of the Coif and Magna Cum Laude), where she served as an editor on the law review. Professor Slack joined the faculty of the SIU School of Law in 2004–05 after serving as an assistant professor at Mercer Law School in Macon, Georgia during the 2003–04 year, where she also coached both the Gabrielli Moot Court Team (team won best brief) and William Daniels Mock Trial Team.

Prior to full time teaching, Professor Slack was a trial attorney for the United States Department of Justice, Civil Division, for eight years. In this role, she handled hundreds of federal appeals, as well as numerous federal district court actions, including serving as lead counsel in a nationwide class action. Professor Slack regularly serves as an instructor at the National Advocacy Center in Columbia, South Carolina—a government attorney training facility—teaching courses in trial and appellate advocacy, evidence, and immigration law. During the 2002–03 year, Professor Slack also served as an adjunct professor at George Washington University School of Law in Washington, D.C.

After graduating from law school, but before working at DOJ, Professor Slack served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Frank J. Battisti, United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, and the Honorable Robert B. Krupansky, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, sitting by designation on the district court.

Professor Slack teaches courses in trial advocacy, evidence, civil procedure, and immigration law.