[1][3][4] Sedler retired in December 2020, after finishing the fall semester.
[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.