Rick Jones
Executive Director Contact Rick Jones or his Executive Assistant, Alisha Peltz. 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 20 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 is a two term past member of the Board of Directors of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL), and currently serves as Parlimentarian, a non-voting member of the Executive Committee for the 2011-2012 Presidential term. At NACDL, he served as co-chair of both the Indigent Defense Committee and the Special Task Force on Problem-Solving Courts. In September of 2009 the Task Force released its critically acclaimed report: America's Problem-Solving Courts: The Criminal Costs of Treatment and the Case for Reform. Rick currently serves on several NACDL committees, including the newly created Task Force on Restoration of Rights and Status After Conviction, of which he is co-chair. Rick is a member of the New York State Bar Association Criminal Justice Section Executive Committee, 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 2011 NLADA, NACDL and the ABA Criminal Justice Task Force present: Padilla and the Future of the Defense Function"
Overseeing Quality in Comprehensive Defense Environments
Cardozo Law School
New York, NY
June 20, 2011 NCDC Trial Practice Institute
Macon, GA
July 24-30, 2011 10th Annual State Criminal Justice Network Conference entitled: "Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunites and Threats: Lessons from the Past Decade and Strategies for the Future"
Latest in Drug Court Research
Denver, CO
August 4, 2011 NACDL - Task Force on Restoration of Rights and Status After Conviction
Chicago Hearings
Chicago, IL
October 20-21, 2011 2011 Pennumbra Symposium "Sentencing Law: Rhetoric & Reality"
Problem Solving Courts: Finding Solutions?
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Philadelphia, PA
October 28-29, 2011 2010 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 9th Annual NACDL State Criminal Justice Network Conference
Treatment Without a Conviction: Envisioning a New Drug Court
American University
Washington College of Law
Washington, DC
October 7-8, 2010
Publications/Press New York Attorney Rick Jones Installed as Parliamentarian of National Assn. of Criminal Defense Lawyers » Read article. 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. The Champion - Community-Based Law Firm Grows in Harlem » Read article. |
