B.A., Union College
J.D., Brooklyn Law School
LL.M., Temple Law School

Meredith R. Miller teaches, writes and practices in the areas of business, employment and contract law. She joined the legal academy as an Honorable Abraham L. Freedman Fellow and Lecturer at Temple University School of Law, and then taught for nearly two decades at the Touro University, Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center.

Professor Miller’s writing focuses on contract doctrine and theory, employment law and closely-held business law.  Her scholarship includes articles in the Missouri Law Review, Tennessee Law Review, Indiana Law Review, Villanova Law Review, UKMC Law Review and Cornell Real Estate Review.  Professor Miller’s articles have helped shape the path of the law, and have been cited in leading Contracts casebooks, as well as by a number of courts, including the Maryland Supreme Court and the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts.  

Prior to teaching, Professor Miller was a law clerk to the New York Court of Appeals.  She also worked as an associate at Proskauer Rose LLP, where she litigated commercial and pro bono matters.

Professor Miller passionately believes that her knowledge should extend beyond the classroom and her teaching aims to reflect the realities of law as it is actually practiced.  In addition to her work as a law professor, Professor Miller continues to consult and co-counsel with other attorneys on complex litigation, arbitration and appeals in corporate, commercial and employment matters.  She also provides transactional representation to employees, freelancers and emerging and established businesses.  Additionally, she is trained as a commercial and employment law mediator and a FINRA arbitrator.  

Professor Miller has witnessed firsthand the power of bar associations to lift the profession and the communities they serve.  She is a past president of the LGBT Bar Association of Greater New York (“LGBT Bar NY”), where she was on the board for a decade.  In 2024, the LGBT Bar NY recognized Professor Miller’s service with a Community Excellence Award.  She currently serves on the Lawyers’ Division Board of Judges & Lawyers Breast Cancer Alert (“JALBCA”).  She is also a past president of the Network of Bar Leaders, where she continues to be involved as a member of its Leadership Advisory Council.  

Professor Miller has dedicated significant efforts to ensuring a diverse and qualified judiciary in New York, and has been appointed the administrator of judicial screening panels for Civil and Supreme Court in Manhattan.  In addition, by appointment of the Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals, she is a member of the Richard C. Failla LGBTQ Commission of the New York State Courts.

Professor Miller received a B.A., cum laude, from Union College, where she pursued an interdisciplinary major in English and Studio Fine Art and was recognized with the Josephine Daggett Prize, the college’s highest non-academic honor.  She received her J.D., cum laude, from Brooklyn Law School, where she was an Executive Articles and Research Editor of the Brooklyn Law Review, an Edward V. Sparer Public Interest Fellow and a Richardson Merit Scholar. She earned an LL.M. in Legal Education from Temple University Law School.