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Robert Allen Sedler (September 11, 1935[1] – 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.[2][3] Sedler began teaching at Wayne Law in 1977, prior to which he was a professor at the University of Kentucky College of Law.[2][4][5] Sedler retired in December 2020, after finishing the fall semester.[6]

Life and career

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Sedler was born in Pittsburgh, on September 11, 1935.[7][8][9][10]

Sedler graduated from University of Pittsburgh in 1956, and later obtained a law degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, in 1959.[2][11]

Sedler taught law courses in Ethiopia at the former Haile Selassie I University (now Addis Ababa University) in the 1960s.[12] 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.[13] While with the ACLU, Sedler opposed racial segregation and challenges to the First Amendment.[13]

Sedler wrote dozens of essays on First Amendment and civil rights jurisprudence.[14] Sedler also wrote two books and dozens of articles on Ethiopian law.[15] He authored one textbook, Constitutional Law in the United States,[16] and a book on conflict of laws, Across State Lines.[17] Sedler died on January 4, 2025, at the age of 89.[18]

References

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  1. ^ > All Encyclopaedias > IEL Constitutional Law
  2. ^ a b c University, Wayne State. "Robert Sedler - Wayne Law - Wayne State University". law.wayne.edu. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
  3. ^ "AJC Detroit Honors Rozanne and Robert Sedler > Oakland County Legal News". www.legalnews.com. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
  4. ^ "Interview with Robert Sedler | Pass the Word". passtheword.ky.gov. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
  5. ^ Sachs, David (May 8, 2019). "Professor Robert Sedler: A Champion of Justice — Detroit Jewish News". The Jewish News. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  6. ^ "Law students thank professor following final lecture > Macomb Legal News". legalnews.com. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
  7. ^ Sedler, Robert A. (October 20, 2017). Constitutional Law in the United States. Wolters Kluwer. p. 1. ISBN 978-90-411-9058-1.
  8. ^ The Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory. Martindale-Hubbell. 1999. p. LE-348. ISBN 978-1-56160-324-4.
  9. ^ Schneiderman, Harry; Carmin, Itzhak J. (1972). Who's who in World Jewry. Vol. 3. Pitman. p. 799.
  10. ^ Marquis, Albert Nelson (November 2000). Who's Who in the Midwest. Marquis Who's Who. p. 536. ISBN 978-0-8379-0730-7.
  11. ^ 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
  12. ^ Sedler, Robert Allen (1968). Ethiopian Civil Procedure. Faculty of Law, Haile Sellassie I University.
  13. ^ a b "Faces of Liberty: Robert Sedler". ACLU of Kentucky. May 21, 2015. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
  14. ^ "Author Page for Robert A. Sedler :: SSRN". papers.ssrn.com. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
  15. ^ 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
  16. ^ "Constitutional Law in the United States, Third edition | Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory". Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
  17. ^ 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.
  18. ^ "Remembering Professor Robert A. Sedler". Law School. March 28, 2024. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
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