j.d. candidate · lewis & clark law school
Owen Miller
I’m a law student, writer, fisherman, cook, policy nerd, jiu jitsu nerd, fermentation fanatic, and occasional coder. I’m a lot of things, and I think that’s my greatest strength.
I live in Portland, Oregon, where I’m a second-year student at Lewis & Clark Law School and an Associate Editor of the Lewis & Clark Law Review. Below is my resume, with a little more of the story behind each line. I am currently looking for interesting work with firms specializing in trusts and estates law.
Experience
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summer 2026 Metropolitan Public Defender Law Clerk, Community Law Division · Portland
- Drafted five motions and letters seeking waiver or reduction of court fines and fees for indigent clients; four were granted.
- Prepared an approximately 50-page SB 819 application: client interviews, the petition, and supporting materials.
- Researched Oregon landlord–tenant law for the Eviction Prevention team.
- Drafted a petition to restore driving privileges and began a military discharge upgrade application for a veteran client.
2026 – present Lewis & Clark Law Review Associate Editor · Portland
Source-checking and cite-checking articles for publication.
2024 – 2025 Tom Groth Law PLLC Legal Assistant · Shelton, Connecticut
- Supported more than 30 residential real estate transactions from client intake through closing.
- Drafted purchase and sale contracts, warranty and quitclaim deeds, leases, and representation agreements.
- Ordered and reviewed title searches, researched historical conveyances in municipal land records, and balanced closing statements.
Working one-on-one with the firm’s attorney showed me how a small practice runs day to day, from hundred-year-old deed books to the closing table. The part I valued most was client intake: hearing a problem out and helping work out a plan.
2022 – 2023 Leaf VIP Lead Copywriter · Denver
- Wrote scripts for 80 marketing videos; increased script production by 300% within three months of taking the role.
- Led client pitch and production meetings with C-level executives; hired and managed freelance writers and voiceover talent.
two videos i wrote
2021 – 2022 Denver Rescue Mission Work Readiness Supervisor, 48th Street Shelter · Denver
Planned, cooked, and served breakfast and lunch for roughly 500 residents a day, mostly from donated ingredients. I started posting a riddle with each meal. When I forgot one before a long weekend, a resident told me he’d missed it. I never forgot again.
one of the riddles
From one into many. You can see me, but you cannot touch me. Some say you can taste me, some try to chase me, but I can’t reward their greed.
reveal the answer
A rainbow.
2021 Colorado Governor’s Office Intern Budget Analyst, Office of State Planning & Budgeting · Denver
Worked one-on-one with a senior budget analyst to research and co-develop standardized reports on the financial and legislative history of every state program funded by the Marijuana Tax Cash Fund.
education
Lewis & Clark Law School, J.D. expected May 2028
Scholar List, Fall 2025 and Spring 2026 · Associate Editor, Lewis & Clark Law Review
Colorado College, B.A. Political Science, 2020
Opinion writer, The Catalyst
Writing
legal memo
Procedural Unconscionability of a Post-Termination Commission Clause
Open memorandum, California law · 1L Lawyering, High Pass
policy report
Marijuana Tax Cash Fund Programs Report: Tony Grampsas Youth Services
Colorado Office of State Planning & Budgeting, 2021
Capstone paper
Contemporary United States Polarization in Historical Context
Party polarization in 1960–1970 and 2000–2016 · Colorado College, 2020
Elsewhere
the colorado trail. All 500 miles from Durango to Denver in about thirty days, starting with a week of monsoon rain.
the northwest. Fishing, crabbing, and clamming on the Oregon coast whenever the semester allows.
the brewhouse. Homebrewer, and former lead bartender at Cerebral Brewing in Denver.
Get in touch
owenm@lclark.edu · Portland, Oregon