Rick Jones
Executive Director Contact Rick Jones or his Executive Assistant, GaKia Gray. Rick Jones is the executive director and a founding member of the Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem (NDS). He is a distinguished trial lawyer with more than 18 years experience in complex multi-forum litigation. Rick is a lecturer in law at Columbia Law School (CLS), where he teaches a criminal defense externship and a trial practice course. He is also on the faculty of the National Criminal Defense College (NCDC) in Macon, Georgia. Rick sits on the Board of Directors of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL), the New York State Defenders Association (NYSDA), and the Sirius Foundation, and is an Editorial Board member of the Amsterdam News. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan, Rutgers Law School, and was a Leadership New York Coro Fellow. Click here for Rick's expanded biography. | 
Speaking/Teaching Engagements Fifth Annual Harry Frank Guggenheim Symposium on Crime in America
Rethinking Courts: Problem-Solving Justice
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
New York, NY
February 1-2, 2010 U.S. Department of Justice
National Symposium on Indigent Defense
Zealous Representation and Drug Courts
Washington, DC
February 18-19, 2010 NACDL Midwinter Meeting & Seminar
Problem-Solving Courts - Are They?
Austin, TX
February 24-27, 2010 The 2010 Pro Bono Institute Annual Seminar
Pro Bono and the Crisis in Indigent Defense
Washington, DC
March 18-20, 2010 19th Annual National Federal Sentencing Guidelines Seminar
Sentencing Alternatives
St. Petersburg, FL
May 12-14, 2010 NCDC Trial Practice Institute
Macon, GA
July 18-31, 2010 NCDC Advanced Cross Examination
Atlanta, GA
October 2010 Publications Minor Crimes, Massive Waste: The Terrible Toll of America's Broken Misdemeanor Courts » Read article. The Champion – The New Frontier in Indigent Defense » Read article. America's Problem Solving Courts: The Criminal Costs of Treatment and the Case for Reform » Read article. Mayer Brown, Pro Bono Update – On the Leading Edge of Pro Bono Criminal Defense Work » Read article. |
