Jeffrey Miller
Assistant Professor of Law; Director, Disability Rights Law Clinic
About Professor Miller
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.
Experience
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law (2019-present); Interim Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law (2018-2019); Associate Professor of Law, Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law (2015-present); Director of Legal Methods, Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law (2009-2020); Assistant Professor of Law, Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law (2009-2015); Adjunct Professor of Legal Methods, Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law (2007-2009); Associate, Bass, Berry & Sims, PLC (2007-2009); Associate, Tate, Lazarini, Brady & Davis, PLC (2005-2007); Associate, Cates, Kurowski, Bailey & Shultz, LLC (2003-2005); Associate, Carr, Korein, Tillery, Kunin, Montroy, Cates, Katz & Glass, LLC (and successor firms) (2001-2003).
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, 52nd Biennial National Association of the Deaf Conference, Atlanta, GA July 4, 2014.