Robert A. Sedler is an American retired 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 edit
Sedler graduated from University of Pittsburgh in 1956, and later obtained a law degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, in 1959.[1][6]
Sedler taught law courses in Ethiopia at the former Haile Sellasie I University (now Addis Ababa University) in the 1960s.[7] 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.[8] While with the ACLU, Sedler opposed racial segregation and challenges to the First Amendment.[8]
Sedler has written dozens of essays on First Amendment and civil rights jurisprudence.[9] Sedler also has written two books and dozens of articles on Ethiopian law.[10] He has authored one textbook, Constitutional Law in the United States,[11] and a book on conflict of laws, Across State Lines.[12]
References edit
- ^ a b c University, Wayne State. "Robert Sedler - Wayne Law - Wayne State University". law.wayne.edu. Retrieved 2018-01-20.
- ^ "AJC Detroit Honors Rozanne and Robert Sedler > Oakland County Legal News". www.legalnews.com. Retrieved 2018-01-20.
- ^ "Interview with Robert Sedler | Pass the Word". passtheword.ky.gov. Retrieved 2018-01-20.
- ^ Sachs, David (8 May 2019). "Professor Robert Sedler: A Champion of Justice — Detroit Jewish News". The Jewish News. Retrieved 2020-08-07.
- ^ "Law students thank professor following final lecture > Macomb Legal News". legalnews.com. Retrieved 2020-12-29.
- ^ 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
- ^ Sedler, Robert Allen (1968). Ethiopian Civil Procedure. Faculty of Law, Haile Sellassie I University.
- ^ a b "Faces of Liberty: Robert Sedler". ACLU of Kentucky. 2015-05-21. Retrieved 2018-01-20.
- ^ "Author Page for Robert A. Sedler :: SSRN". papers.ssrn.com. Retrieved 2018-01-20.
- ^ 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
- ^ "Constitutional Law in the United States, Third edition | Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory". Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory. Retrieved 2018-01-20.
- ^ 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.