Robert Sedler

Robert A. Sedler is an American distinguished law professor at Wayne State University Law School, 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]

Life and career

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][4]

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.[5] While with the ACLU, Sedler opposed racial segregation and challenges to the First Amendment.[5]

Sedler has written dozen of essays on First Amendment and civil rights jurisprudence.[6] He has authored one textbook, Constitutional Law in the United States,[7] and a book on conflict of laws, Across State Lines.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 University, Wayne State. "Robert Sedler - Wayne Law - Wayne State University". law.wayne.edu. Retrieved 2018-01-20.
  2. ↑ "AJC Detroit Honors Rozanne and Robert Sedler > Oakland County Legal News". www.legalnews.com. Retrieved 2018-01-20.
  3. ↑ "Interview with Robert Sedler | Pass the Word". passtheword.ky.gov. Retrieved 2018-01-20.
  4. ↑ 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: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2376950
  5. 1 2 "Faces of Liberty: Robert Sedler". ACLU of Kentucky. 2015-05-21. Retrieved 2018-01-20.
  6. ↑ "Author Page for Robert A. Sedler :: SSRN". papers.ssrn.com. Retrieved 2018-01-20.
  7. ↑ "Constitutional Law in the United States, Third edition | Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory". Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory. Retrieved 2018-01-20.
  8. ↑ 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.
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