About Professor Miller

Jeffrey Archer Miller is and Assistant Professor of Law and Director of the Disability Rights Law Clinic, Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law at the University of Memphis. He is a former Distinguished Practitioner-in-Residence and acting director of the Disability Rights Law Clinic at American University Washington College of Law. From 2020-2023, he was an assistant professor at Gallaudet University, where he taught undergraduate courses in disability rights law, business law, and international business.

Shortly after graduating from law school, Jeff founded the Law Offices of J. Archer Miller, a solo law practice in which he represented plaintiffs alleging violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, and federal employment antidiscrimination statutes. He later joined a Baltimore-based law firm, Callegary & Steedman, PA, where he focused on direct client representation in special education and guardianship matters. 

Jeff has acted as the lead attorney in numerous cases filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland and presented oral arguments in the Appellate Court of Maryland and District of Columbia Court of Appeals.  As Of Counsel to the law firm Stein & Vargas, LLP, he was a part of a litigation team involved in nation-wide litigation, often in partnership with the National Association of the Deaf.  During his tenure with Stein & Vargas, he practiced in the federal courts of Nebraska, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Maryland, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eight Circuit, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

Education

• European University Institute, Florence, Italy (2015-2020); PhD in Laws, funded by EUI Hans Kelsen Doctoral Fellowship; LLM in Comparative, European, and International Laws (awarded 2016)
• American University Washington College of Law, Washington, DC (2007-2010); Juris Doctor, Cum Laude 
• University of Oxford, St. Antony’s College, UK (2001-2003); Master of Philosophy in European Politics       
• Haverford College, Haverford, PA; Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, Awarded high honors in political science (1995-1999).

Admitted

U.S. Supreme Court, District of Columbia, and Maryland.

Teaching Interests

Publications

• Strengthening the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Europe to Access Goods and Services, 15 EUR. J. L. STUD. (2024).
• Book Review: The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the European Union, 60 COMMON MKT. L. REV. 1494 (2023).
• Peering Inside the Preliminary Reference Black Box: Coleman v. Attridge Law, 3 EUR. PAPERS 1553 (2021).
• The Failure to Grapple with Racial Capitalism in European Constitutionalism, in EUROPEAN CONSTITUTIONAL IMAGINARIES (Jan Komárek ed., 2021) (with Fernanda Nicola).
• When Workplace Anti-Discrimination Law Collides with Freedom of Expression: A Delicate Balancing Act, 6 INT’L LAB. RTS. CASE L. 300 (2020).
• In a Tight Spot, the Court of Justice Delivers a Lopsided Judgment: NH v Associazione Avvocatura per i diritti LGBTI — Rete Lenford, EU Law Live, Apr. 27, 2020.
• Explaining Paradigm Shifts in Danish Anti-Discrimination Law, 26 MAASTRICHT J. E. & COMP. L. 540 (2019).
• The European Disability Rights Revolution, 1 EUR. L. REV. 66 (2019).
• How EU Law Shapes Opportunities for Preliminary References on Fundamental Rights: Discrimination, Data Protection and Asylum, EUI Law Working Paper, 2017/17, edited by Elise Muir, Claire Kilpatrick, Jeffrey Miller and Bruno de Witte.
• Collective Actors and EU Anti-Discrimination Law in Denmark, in Elise Muir et al. How EU Law Shapes Opportunities for Preliminary References on Fundamental Rights: Discrimination, Data Protection and Asylum, EUI Law Working Paper, 2017/17 (with Angelina Atanasova).
• Court-Appointed Interpreters: A Practical Guide to Protecting the Rights of Non-English Speaking Criminal Defendants, 2 CRIM. L. PRAC. 24 (2014).
• Sign Language Is Not Performance Art, Op-Ed, Baltimore Sun, Apr. 25, 2014 (with Caroline Solomon).
• Rights of Deaf Are Routinely Violated, Letter to Editor, Baltimore Sun, Dec. 24, 2013.

INVITED PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS

• Sports for People with Disabilities, keynote address to Saudi Arabian delegation, U.S. State Department IVLP Program, April 15, 2024.
• Promoting Education and Empowerment of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, keynote address to French delegation, U.S. State Department IVLP Program, March 19, 2024.
• Nordic Legal Mobilization before the EU Court of Justice, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, June 7-8, 2022.
• Critical Directions in EU Law: Teaching, Researching and Advocacy, American University Washington College of Law, Sept. 29, 2022.
• COVID-19 and the U.S. Constitution: How Can Constitutions Deal with COVID-19? University of Tsukuba, Japan, Sept. 29, 2020.
• The Contested Utopia of U.S. Constitutionalism and the Lost Ideology of Racial Capitalism (with Fernanda Nicola), Conference on EU Constitutional Imagination: Between Ideology and Utopia, iCourts, University of Copenhagen, May 22, 2019.
• The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Game Changer or Toothless Tiger? European Anti-Discrimination Law Working Group, European University Institute, Italy, Dec. 3, 2018.
• Disability Rights in Denmark: How Preliminary References from Danish Courts to the CJEU Redefined the Field, Danish Employment Lawyers’ Association (AnsættelsesAdvokater), Hindsgavl Slot, Middelfart, Denmark, Nov. 9, 2018.
• Special Education Law and Deaf Students, 52^nd Biennial National Association of the Deaf Conference, Atlanta, GA July 4, 2014.