Missouri State University

Dr. Carol J. Miller

Distinguished ProfessorCarol Miller

Glass Hall 316
Phone: 417-836-5079
Email: CarolMiller@missouristate.edu

Juris Doctorate, 1978, University of Missouri - Columbia
MBA, 1984, University of Missouri - Columbia
Professional Certifications: MO Bar (Attorney)
At Missouri State Since: 1984

Courses 

  • LAW 231  Legal Environment of Business
  • LAW 335  Business Organizations, Rights/Liabilities
  • LAW 600  Legal Environment for Business Managers (MBA)
  • LAW 637  Environmental Regulation

Other Courses 

  • American History (Colonial through Civil War) Survey
  • Anglo-American Jurisprudence

Honors and Awards

  • Distinguished Professor rank (2005)
    (One of four current MSU professors with this rank above full professor.)
  • FOUNDATION AWARD in RESEARCH (2008)
    (One of two top annual awards for research)
  • NATIONAL “EXCELLENCE in RESEARCH” AWARD  (2007)
    from the national Academy of Legal Studies in Business
    “Law-based Degree Programs in Business & Their Departments:  What’s in a Name?”
    (a comprehensive study of undergraduate law-based degrees at 404 AACSB universities)
    24 J. of Legal Studies Education 235-289 (2007).  
  • UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION TEACHING AWARD  (SMSU 1998)
    (One of two top annual awards for outstanding contributions to teaching)
  • UNIVERSITY FELLOW in RESEARCH  (SMSU 2000, 2003)
  • UNIVERSITY RESEARCH RECOGNITION AWARD  (SMSU 1999)
  • SMSU FOUNDATION EXCELLENCE in RESEARCH AWARD  (1989)
  • W. OLIVER RASCH AWARD of the Missouri Bar Foundation (1998) for the most OUTSTANDING ARTICLE in the 1997 issues of the JOURNAL of the MISSOUR BAR, “LLPs:  How Limited is Limited Liability?,” 53 J MO BAR 154-168 (1997).
  • BEST ARTICLE in the MIDWEST LAW REVIEW & SMSU BICENTENNIAL LECTURER AWARD    
    "Origins of American Judicial Review:  Politics & Precedent," 7 MIDWEST LAW REV. 6-38 (1988)
  • MBAA DISTINGUISHED PAPER AWARDS ( Midwest Academy of Legal Studies in Business )
    • “CGL Exclusions of Environmental Risks” (2003)
    •  "LLCs and LLPs:  New Business Alternatives in MO" (1996)
  • DISTINGUISHED PAPER at National American Business Law Asso. meeting (1985)
    "FTC:  History of Remedial Expansion to Counter Deceptive Advertising."   
  • COBA OUTSTANDING FACULTY PAPER AWARDS
    • "WTO Scrutiny v. Environmental Objectives:  Assessment of the Int'l Dolphin Conservation Program Act" (2000)
    • "Deceptive Advertising: Under the Pragmatic Scrutiny of the F.T.C.” (1986)
  •  College Service Recognition Award (2004)

Publications

  • Journal of Missouri Bar (Best Article Award)
  • Journal of Legal Studies Education (Excellence in Research Award)
  • American Business Law Journal
  • Environmental Law Reporter
  • Arkansas Law Review
  • Advertising Compliance Service
  • Real Estate Law Journal