The Fund for Modern Courts and Albany Law School hosted the sixth annual Judge Hugh R. Jones Memorial Lecture on Monday, October 17, 2007 at Albany Law School. The Honorable Richard J. Bartlett, Former Chief Administrator Judge for the State of New York, delivered the address. Named for former New York State Court of Appeals Associate Judge Hugh R. Jones, the lecture series examines important themes in the justice system through research and writing by an experienced and well-respected jurist.
For the 2007 Lecture, Judge Bartlett focused on the legal, political and governmental history of court reform in New York State in his lecture: Courting Court Reform: Looking Back, Moving Forward.