 Miller was also appointed as commissioner on the United States Commission on New Technological Uses of Copyrighted Work by President Ford.Miller has for fifty years enlisted the help of some of his students as research assistants, a notoriously demanding position for first and second year law students.Similar to the relationship between a judge and his or her clerks, Miller has stayed in touch with many of his former research assistants and many have gone on to important positions as federal and state judges, law professors, Supreme Court clerks, and as partners at prestigious law firms.