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Robert Sedler
Born
Robert Allen Sedler

(1935-09-11)September 11, 1935
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedJanuary 4, 2025(2025-01-04) (aged 89)
Occupations
  • Law professor
  • attorney
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh School of Law (J.D.)
Academic work
Sub-disciplineConstitutional law
InstitutionsUniversity of Kentucky College of Law
(until 1977)
Wayne State University Law School
(1977–2020)

Robert Allen Sedler (September 11, 1935 – January 4, 2025) was an American law professor and attorney, who taught at Wayne State University Law School for over 40 years, specializing in Constitutional law.[1][2] Sedler began teaching at Wayne Law in 1977, prior to which he was a professor at the University of Kentucky College of Law.[1][3][4] Sedler retired in December 2020, after finishing the fall semester.[5]

Life and career

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Sedler was born in Pittsburgh on September 11, 1935.[6][7][8][9]

Sedler graduated from University of Pittsburgh in 1956, and later obtained a Juris Doctor from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, in 1959.[1][10]

Sedler taught law courses in Ethiopia at the former Haile Selassie I University (now Addis Ababa University) in the 1960s.[11] Sedler worked with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) in Kentucky starting in the 1960s, serving as the ACLU of Kentucky's first general counsel, from 1967 to 1975.[12] While with the ACLU, Sedler opposed racial segregation and challenges to the First Amendment.[12]

Sedler wrote dozens of essays on First Amendment and civil rights jurisprudence.[13] Sedler also wrote two books and dozens of articles on Ethiopian law.[14] He authored one textbook, Constitutional Law in the United States,[15] and a book on conflict of laws, Across State Lines.[16] Sedler died on January 4, 2025, at the age of 89.[17]

References

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  1. ^ a b c University, Wayne State. "Robert Sedler - Wayne Law - Wayne State University". law.wayne.edu. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
  2. ^ "AJC Detroit Honors Rozanne and Robert Sedler > Oakland County Legal News". www.legalnews.com. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
  3. ^ "Interview with Robert Sedler | Pass the Word". passtheword.ky.gov. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
  4. ^ Sachs, David (May 8, 2019). "Professor Robert Sedler: A Champion of Justice — Detroit Jewish News". The Jewish News. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  5. ^ "Law students thank professor following final lecture > Macomb Legal News". legalnews.com. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
  6. ^ Sedler, Robert A. (October 20, 2017). Constitutional Law in the United States. Wolters Kluwer. p. 1. ISBN 978-90-411-9058-1.
  7. ^ The Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory. Martindale-Hubbell. 1999. p. LE-348. ISBN 978-1-56160-324-4.
  8. ^ Schneiderman, Harry; Carmin, Itzhak J. (1972). Who's who in World Jewry. Vol. 3. Pitman. p. 799.
  9. ^ Marquis, Albert Nelson (November 2000). Who's Who in the Midwest. Marquis Who's Who. p. 536. ISBN 978-0-8379-0730-7.
  10. ^ Gora, Joel M., An Essay in Honor of Robert Sedler: Fierce Champion of Free Speech (2013). Wayne Law Review, Vol. 58, p. 1087, 2013; Brooklyn Law School, Legal Studies Paper No. 365. Available at SSRN: SSRN 2376950
  11. ^ Sedler, Robert Allen (1968). Ethiopian Civil Procedure. Faculty of Law, Haile Sellassie I University.
  12. ^ a b "Faces of Liberty: Robert Sedler". ACLU of Kentucky. May 21, 2015. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
  13. ^ "Author Page for Robert A. Sedler :: SSRN". papers.ssrn.com. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
  14. ^ Addis Ababa University Library Catalogue, author's page http://libcat.aau.edu.et/cgi-bin/koha/opac-search.pl?q=au:Sedler,%20Robert%20Allen. accessed on 2 Nov 2022
  15. ^ "Constitutional Law in the United States, Third edition | Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory". Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
  16. ^ Sedler, Robert Allen; Practice, American Bar Association Section of General (1989). Across state lines: applying the conflict of laws to your practice. American Bar Association, Section of General Practice. ISBN 9780897074087.
  17. ^ "Remembering Professor Robert A. Sedler". Wayne State University Law School. January 6, 2025. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
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