The Hugh R. Jones Memorial Lecture is named in honor of Judge Hugh R. Jones, a former Associate Judge of the Court of Appeals. Judge Jones was a leader in efforts to improve the courts. He served as Chair of the Commission on Judicial Nomination; Chair of the Temporary State Commission on Executive, Legislative and Judicial Compensation; Chair of the Select Committee on Correctional Institutions and Programs; President of the New York State Bar Association; and Director of the Committee for Modern Courts.
Judge Jones also authored a leading article on judging, Cogitations on Appellate Decision-Making. The Judge Hugh Jones Memorial Lecture is intended to honor Judge Jones by promoting research and writing on issues affecting the judiciary.
The annual lecture is co-sponsored by Albany Law School and held in the Dean Alexander Moot Courtroom. Albany law students attend the lecture to engage them in the history of the Court of Appeals.
Speakers
2018
- Hon. Susan Phillips Read
2016
2015
- Hon. Robert P. Smith
2014
- Hon. Randall Eng
2013
2012
2011
- Hon. Sol Wachtler
Chief Judge (ret.) of the New York Court of Appeals
2010
- Hon. Albert M. Rosenblatt
Associate Judge (ret.) of the New York Court of Appeals
2009
- Hon. George Bundy Smith
Associate Judge (ret.) of the New York Court of Appeals
2007
- Hon. Richard J. Bartlett
Former Chief Administrator Judge for the State of New York
2006
- Joseph W. Bellacosa
Associate Judge (ret.) of the New York Court of Appeals
2005
- Richard D. Simons
Associate Judge (ret.) of the New York Court of Appeals
2004
- Stewart F. Hancock, Jr.
Associate Judge (ret.) of the New York Court of Appeals
2003
- Howard A. Levine
Associate Judge (ret.) of the New York Court of Appeals
2002
- Richard C. Wesley
Associate Judge of the New York Court of Appeals