MapApplication.Current.SelectedLayer will get you there.
Are you sure that is an ArcGIS API for Silverlight property?
ESRI.ArcGIS.Client.Extensibility
OK, cool. Never used that library before.
That's a Silverlight Viewer library, so might be better to post the question of the Viewer forum.
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