The Glannon Guide to Criminal Procedure: Learning Criminal Procedure Through Multiple Choice Questions and Analysis, Sixth Edition

Professor Cornwell joined the Seton Hall Law faculty in 1994. He served as Associate Dean for Academics from 2006 to 2009 and as Interim Dean from November 2022 to July 2024. His scholarship focuses on the intersection of criminal and mental health law, with particular attention to the constitutional limits on states’ authority to manage criminal offending linked to mental disability. His articles have appeared in the University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law, Washington & Lee Law Review, Houston Law Review, SMU Law Review, and the William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal, among others.

Professor Cornwell teaches criminal law, criminal procedure and medical malpractice and has been voted Professor of the Year by the student body eight times. He has provided commentary in criminal cases in print and broadcast media, including The New York Times, Time magazine, the Associated Press, the New Jersey Star Ledger, and CBS, NBC, ABC and Fox News. He also lectures on criminal law and procedure for the nation’s leading Bar review company.

Professor Cornwell received his A.B., with honors, from Harvard University, his M.Phil. in International Relations from Cambridge University, and his J.D. from Yale Law School where he was an Editor of the Yale Law Journal.