Robert J. Miller JD '91

Robert (Bob) James Miller JD ’91

12/09/2019

Robert J. Miller JD ’91 was named the Willard H. Pedrick Distinguish Research Scholar at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University, where he has taught since 2013. Miller taught at Lewis & Clark Law School from 1999 to 2013. His fourth book, Creating Private Sector Economies in Native America: Sustainable Development through Entrepreneurship, came out November 2019 from Cambridge University Press. Miller’s most recent article, “Sovereign Resilience: Reviving Private-Sector Economic Institutions in Indian Country,” was published in the April 2019 Brigham Young University Law Review.

07/11/2016

Was appointed by the President and Vice-President of the Navajo Nation to the new Council of Economic Advisors. The council will work with the executive branch to help develop economic activities on the reservation and will focus on developing the private sector economy. Formerly a law professor at Lewis & Clark, where he still teaches Indian law courses, Miller is a professor at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University and a tribal judge.

09/01/2014

Was elected to the American Philosophical Society. Formerly a law professor at Lewis & Clark, Miller teaches at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University.

09/01/2013

Took a teaching position with the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University in Phoenix. He joined ASU’s Indian legal program and will concentrate
on American Indian economic development issues. Previously, Miller taught for 14 years as a member of the Lewis & Clark Law School faculty.