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Russell A. Miller serves as the J.B. Stombock Professor of Law at Washington and Lee University School of Law, where he has been a faculty member since 2008. He also holds a joint appointment as Lecturer in Literature in Washington and Lee University's undergraduate College, working extensively with the German and Russian Department. Miller is widely recognized as a leading expert in German Law and Legal Culture with significant contributions to comparative and international law.
Miller's educational background includes a BA in English Literature (cum laude / Phi Beta Kappa) from Washington State University (1991), an MA in English Literature and JD from Duke University (1994), and an LL.M. (summa cum laude) from Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany (2002). As a student-athlete, he earned Academic All-Pac10 honors as a member of the WSU Cougars football team.
Professor Miller's research focuses on public law subjects including Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, and International Law, with specialized expertise in Comparative Law Theory and Methods and German Law and Legal Culture. His scholarly work examines transatlantic legal comparisons, constitutional interpretation across legal systems, privacy issues, national security law, and the intersection of literature and law. He has published extensively in top-tier law journals including the American Journal of Comparative Law, American Journal of International Law, and Virginia Journal of International Law.
Miller's publications reveal a consistent focus on comparative constitutional analysis, particularly examining German and American legal approaches to privacy, national security, and democratic governance. His recent work has increasingly addressed transnational legal issues, pandemic response from a legal perspective, and the evolving relationship between national constitutional courts and international legal systems.
- KoRSE Fellow at the University of Freiburg (2013)
- Fulbright Senior Research Fellow at Max Planck Institute (2009/2010)
- Robert Bosch Foundation Fellow (1999/2000)
- Bosch Alumni of the Year (2012)
Professor Miller co-founded and serves as Co-Editor in Chief of the German Law Journal, an online English-language publication that has become a significant forum for transnational legal scholarship. Washington and Lee law students actively participate in the journal's production and administration, including the annual Transatlantic Seminar held in Frankfurt, Germany. Prior to entering academia, Miller served as appellate and post-conviction counsel for indigent, death-sentenced inmates and worked as a judicial law clerk. He has also contributed expert commentary to major media outlets including the Los Angeles Times, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Reuters, and Der Spiegel.
Through the German Law Journal and his extensive scholarly network, Miller maintains strong institutional connections between Washington and Lee University and German legal institutions, facilitating transatlantic academic exchange and collaborative research projects focused on comparative constitutional law and transnational legal issues.
