NACDL - National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Rick Jones
Past Presidents, 2017-18
December 22, 2021
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 25 years’ experience in complex multi-forum
litigation.
Rick is a lecturer in law at Columbia Law School, where he teaches the
criminal defense externship and a trial practice course. He is also on the
faculty of the National Criminal Defense College (NCDC) in Macon, Georgia
and is frequently invited to lecture on criminal justice issues throughout
the country.
Rick is a past president of the National Association of
Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL). He has previously served NACDL as a
two-term member of the board of directors, parliamentarian, co-chair of
both the Indigent Defense Committee and the Special Task Force on
Problem-Solving Courts, and is currently co-chair of the Task Force on
Restoration of Rights and Status After Conviction.
Rick is a member of the inaugural steering committee of the National
Association for Public Defense (NAPD) and the New York State Bar
Association Criminal Justice Section Executive Committee. He also sits on
the boards of the New York State Defenders Association (NYSDA) and the
Sirius Foundation and serves on the Editorial Board of the Amsterdam News.
