Marc L. Miller
Marc L. Miller is the Dean & Ralph W. Bilby Professor of Law at the University of Arizona College of Law. Dean Miller taught at Emory University Law School from 1988-2005, where he served as Associate Dean for Faculty and Scholarship (2003-2005). He is a graduate of the University of Chicago Law School and Pomona College, and grew up in Los Angeles.
Dean Miller writes and teaches about environmental law and policy and criminal law and policy. He is the author of more than 70 articles and essays on a wide range of environmental, criminal justice, immigration, and legal theory topics. He is editor of several casebooks on criminal procedure and sentencing and co-founded the Federal Sentencing Reporter, the leading journal on sentencing law and policy and a joint project of the Vera Institute of Justice and the University of California Press.
Dean Miller's scholarship addresses the nature of law. On the criminal side, current work includes a series of articles on the role and regulation of prosecutorial discretion, including a multi-year empirical evaluation of prosecutorial decision-making. At a more general theoretical level, this work deals with policymaking within executive branch agencies, especially in those areas not readily amenable to external judicial or legislative review. His environmental work highlights topics at the intersection of environmental science, policy, and law with special attention to the concept of sustainability and to the relationship between science and environmental policymaking. Much of his environmental work is done in collaboration with natural and social scientists.
At Arizona, Dean Miller is an active partner with other Colleges and programs and serves on various university committees.
Before teaching, Dean Miller served as law clerk to Chief Judge John Godbold of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, as Attorney-Advisor in the Office of Legal Counsel of the U.S. Department of Justice, and as Special Counsel at the Vera Institute of Justice in New York. Dean Miller has been a visiting professor at Stanford Law School and Duke Law School. Dean Miller is a member of the American Law Institute (ALI), and an advisor to various criminal justice and environmental publications and organizations.
Representative Publications
- Criminal Procedures: Cases, Statutes & Executive Materials (6th ed. 2019) (co-author, with Ronald F. Wright, Jenia I. Turner, & Kay Levine).
- Sentencing Law and Policy: Cases, Statutes, and Guidelines (4th ed. 2018) (co-author, with Nora Demleitner, Douglas Berman, & Ronald F. Wright).
- The Worldwide Accountability Deficit of Prosecutors, 67 Wash. & Lee L. Rev. 1587 (2010) (co-author, with Ronald F. Wright). http://law.wlu.edu/deptimages/Law%20Review/67-4WrightMiller.pdf
- Climate Change and the Practice of Law, 47 Ariz. Atty. 30 (Oct. 2010) (co-author, with Jonathan T. Overpeck).
- Sentencing Law and Policy: Cases, Statutes, and Guidelines (2d ed. 2007) (co-author, with Nora V. Demleitner, Douglas A. Berman, & Ronald F. Wright).
- Harmful Invasive Species: Legal Responses (2004) (co-editor, with Robert N. Fabian).
- State Governance: Leadership on Climate Change, in Agenda for a Sustainable America 441 (John C. Dernbach ed., 2009) (co-author, with Kirsten H. Engel).
- The Black Box, 94 Iowa L. Rev. 125 (2008) (co-author, with Ronald F. Wright).
- Dead Wrong, 2008 Utah L. Rev. 89 (co-author, with Ronald F. Wright).
- Leaky Floors: State Law Below Federal Constitutional Limits, 50 Ariz. L. Rev. 227 (2008) (co-author, with Ronald F. Wright).
- Complete List of Publications
Education
- J.D. University of Chicago Law School1984Managing & Book Review Editor, Chicago Law Review
- B.A. Politics, Philosophy & Economics Pomona College1981
Work Experience
- Dean & Ralph W. Bilby Professor of LawJames E. Rogers College of Law2013 - present
- Interim Dean & Ralph W. Bilby Professor of LawJames E. Rogers College of Law2012 - 2013
- Vice DeanJames E. Rogers College of Law2011 - 2012
- Ralph W. Bilby Professor of LawJames E. Rogers College of Law2006 - present
- Ralph W. Bilby Visiting Professor of LawJames E. Rogers College of Law2005 - 2006
- Associate Dean for Faculty and ScholarshipEmory University School of Law2003 - 2005
- Visiting Associate ProfessorDuke Law SchoolSpring 1998
- Visiting ScholarStanford Law School1995 - 1996
- Special CounselVera Institute of Justice, New York1987 - 1988
- Professor of LawEmory University School of Law1988 - 2005
- Attorney-AdvisorOffice of Legal Counsel, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.1985 - 1987
- Law ClerkChief Judge John C. Godbold, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, Montgomery, Ala.1984 - 1985
Organizations
- American Law InstituteMemberElected May 2002
- Galapagos CoalitionCo-founder, with Dr. Gregory Aplet & Dr Matthew James (see www.galapagoscoalitiong.org)1995 - present
- The Edge book series (volumes on Environmental Science, Law & Policy), a joint project of the Institute for the Environment & Society, the James E. Rogers College of Law, the Biosphere 2 Institute, and the University of Arizona PressSeries Editor2007 - present
- University of Arizona Institute for the Environment and Society (IES)Associated Faculty2007 - present
- Max Planck Institute, Concepts for a European Criminal Justice System ProjectMember2006 - 2008
- World Association of International Studies (California Institute of International Studies)FellowElected 1996
Public & Institutional Service
- Board member, Turner Environmental Law Clinic1998 - 2006 Advisor, Cumberland Island project
- Division Chair (Sentencing), American Society of Criminology, Atlanta, GeorgiaNov. 7 - 10, 2001
- Lead counsel, United States v. Charlie Liteky (11th Cir.)2000 - 2001
- Co-Chair (non-federal), Policy & Regulation Working Group, National Invasive Species Council2000
- Clinton-Gore Transition TeamJustice & Civil Rights Cluster, Sentencing and Punishment Policy Group, Principal Drafter (December 1992).
- Federal Sentencing ReporterFounding Editor, 1988 - 1995; Senior Advisor/Editor Emeritus, 1996 - present
- Advisory Board, Ohio State Journal Of Criminal Law