Edward A. Hartnett Esq.

Seton Hall University School of Law
Hartnett, Edward A.

Edward A. Hartnett is the Richard J. Hughes Professor for Constitutional and Public Law and Service at Seton Hall University School of Law. Mr. Hartnett specializes in Constitutional Law and Federal Courts with a particular emphasis on the history and practice of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Since joining the law school in 1992, he has published articles in the areas of federal jurisdiction and constitutional law in journals including Constitutional Commentary, Columbia Law Review, Duke Law Journal, Michigan Law Review, New York University Law Review, Texas Law Review, and William & Mary Law Review. Professor Hartnett has also been a visiting professor at the University of Virginia School of Law and the University of Pennsylvania Law School.

Mr. Hartnett previously practiced with the Federal Public Defender and the law firm of Robinson, St. John & Wayne. He clerked for Judge Frederick B. Lacey and Judge Robert E. Cowen of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, and for Chief Judge John J. Gibbons of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

Mr. Hartnett received his A.B. from Harvard College and his J.D. from New York University.

He is a co-author of the Bloomberg BNA treatise Supreme Court Practice.