Professor

Marc

L.

Miller

I served as dean at the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law from November 2012 until January 2025. See Arizona Attorney - Dean Marc Miller: Exiting on a High Note (Feb. 2025). Under my leadership Arizona Law was recognized as an innovator in legal education and the legal profession. Arizona Law changed who we teach, how we teach, where we teach, and what we teach. Major innovations include the creation of new degrees including the first BA in Law in the US (currently more than 1,200 majors) and the Masters of Legal Studies (MLS) for non-lawyers (currently more than 400 majors, 95% online). Developments for the JD program include the addition of the GRE as an option for JD admissions (an innovation followed by Harvard and approved by the ABA regulator in November 2021 for all accredited US law schools); the creation of an entirely new JD admissions course and exam called JD-Next that substantially eliminates racial disparity in predicting law school success and that enhances early law school performance; the globalization of the JD program (with 10-20% of JD students coming from outside the US in some years); originating the idea of the Arizona “3L February Bar” option adopted by the Arizona Supreme Court; building a bar success program; expanding clinical and experiential learning opportunities; doubling the diversity of the JD student body, and increasing the diversity of faculty and staff; professionalizing the Arizona Law legal writing program (US News top 8); creating unique global pathway programs and dual degree partnerships; developing new programs in law and technology (TechLaw@ArizonaLaw), intellectual property, US and international business law, advocacy, legal writing, civil justice, access to legal services (Innovation for Justice), mining and natural resources, regulatory science, health law, aging law, cannabis law, empirical and experimental legal and policy studies (QuantLaw), participatory democracy, privacy, leadership, law librarianship and other areas, including innovative partnerships across UofA Colleges and Departments, and with public and private entities. I am the author of more than 90 articles, two casebooks in criminal procedure and another in sentencing law, and a founding editor of the Federal Sentencing Reporter.