Professor Miller joined the faculty of the UT College of Law in 1947 as professor of law and director of the Legal Clinic. He retired as director of the Legal Clinic in 1975 and from the law faculty in 1976. He achieved a national reputation in clinical education, having helped to found the first two legal aid clinics at Duke (1931) and the University of Tennessee (1947). He also helped to establish similar clinics at four other major universities. He wrote articles in professional journals on clinical education and also coauthored a book (with William E. Cole), Social Problems: A Sociological Interpretation (1965). In 1976 he received the Society of American Law Teachers Award and in 1989 was honored by the Duke Law Alumni Association with its Charles S. Murphy Award. His contributions to the intellectual life of the university have been recognized by placement of a plaque in his honor on a faculty study.