Robert Sedler
{{Short description|American law professor and attorney (1935–2025)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox academic
| name = Robert Sedler
| occupation = {{Hlist|Law professor|attorney}}
| birth_name = Robert Allen Sedler
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1935|9|11}}
| birth_place = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2025|1|4|1935|9|11}}
| alma_mater = University of Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh School of Law (J.D.)
| workplaces = University of Kentucky College of Law
(until 1977)
Wayne State University Law School
(1977–2020)
| sub_discipline = Constitutional law
}}
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.{{Cite web|url=https://law.wayne.edu/profile/aa2396|title=Robert Sedler - Wayne Law - Wayne State University|last=University|first=Wayne State|website=law.wayne.edu|language=en|access-date=2018-01-20}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.legalnews.com/Oakland/1137010|title=AJC Detroit Honors Rozanne and Robert Sedler > Oakland County Legal News|website=www.legalnews.com|access-date=2018-01-20}} Sedler began teaching at Wayne Law in 1977, prior to which he was a professor at the University of Kentucky College of Law.{{Cite web|url=http://passtheword.ky.gov/item/interview-robert-sedler|title=Interview with Robert Sedler {{!}} Pass the Word|website=passtheword.ky.gov|language=en|access-date=2018-01-20}}{{Cite web|last=Sachs|first=David|date=8 May 2019|title=Professor Robert Sedler: A Champion of Justice — Detroit Jewish News|url=https://thejewishnews.com/2019/05/08/professor-robert-sedler-champion-of-justice/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-08-07|website=The Jewish News|language=en-US}} Sedler retired in December 2020, after finishing the fall semester.{{Cite web|title=Law students thank professor following final lecture > Macomb Legal News|url=http://legalnews.com/macomb/1494966/|access-date=2020-12-29|website=legalnews.com}}
Life and career
Sedler was born in Pittsburgh on September 11, 1935.{{Cite book |last=Sedler |first=Robert A. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bI2WDwAAQBAJ |title=Constitutional Law in the United States |date=October 20, 2017 |publisher=Wolters Kluwer |isbn=978-90-411-9058-1 |pages=1 |language=}}{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gBw8AQAAIAAJ |title=The Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory |date=1999 |publisher=Martindale-Hubbell |isbn=978-1-56160-324-4 |page=LE-348}}{{Cite book |last1=Schneiderman |first1=Harry |author-link1=Harry Schneiderman |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c29mAAAAMAAJ |title=Who's who in World Jewry |last2=Carmin |first2=Itzhak J. |date=1972 |publisher=Pitman |volume=3 |page=799}}{{Cite book |last=Marquis |first=Albert Nelson |author-link=Albert Nelson Marquis |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W2hmAAAAMAAJ |title=Who's Who in the Midwest |date=November 2000 |publisher=Marquis Who's Who |isbn=978-0-8379-0730-7 |page=536}}
Sedler graduated from University of Pittsburgh in 1956, and later obtained a Juris Doctor from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, in 1959.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 taught law courses in Ethiopia at the former Haile Selassie I University (now Addis Ababa University) in the 1960s.{{Cite book |last=Sedler |first=Robert Allen |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kok4mwEACAAJ |title=Ethiopian Civil Procedure |date=1968 |publisher=Faculty of Law, Haile Sellassie I University |language=en}} 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.{{Cite news|url=https://www.aclu-ky.org/en/news/faces-liberty-robert-sedler|title=Faces of Liberty: Robert Sedler|date=2015-05-21|work=ACLU of Kentucky|access-date=2018-01-20|language=en}} While with the ACLU, Sedler opposed racial segregation and challenges to the First Amendment.
Sedler wrote dozens of essays on First Amendment and civil rights jurisprudence.{{Cite web|url=https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=625380|title=Author Page for Robert A. Sedler :: SSRN|website=papers.ssrn.com|language=en|access-date=2018-01-20}} Sedler also wrote two books and dozens of articles on Ethiopian law.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 He authored one textbook, Constitutional Law in the United States,{{Cite web|url=https://lrus.wolterskluwer.com/store/product/constitutional-law-in-the-united-states-third-edition/|title=Constitutional Law in the United States, Third edition {{!}} Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory|website=Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory|language=en-US|access-date=2018-01-20}} and a book on conflict of laws, Across State Lines.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hpM7AQAAIAAJ|title=Across state lines: applying the conflict of laws to your practice|last1=Sedler|first1=Robert Allen|last2=Practice|first2=American Bar Association Section of General|date=1989|publisher=American Bar Association, Section of General Practice|isbn=9780897074087|language=en}} Sedler died on January 4, 2025, at age 89.{{Cite web |date=January 6, 2025 |title=Remembering Professor Robert A. Sedler |url=https://law.wayne.edu/news/remembering-professor-robert-a-sedler-65222 |access-date=January 6, 2025 |website=Wayne State University Law School}}
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