Former state Court of Appeals judge Robert Smith will deliver the annual Hugh R. Jones Memorial Lecture on Nov. 16 at Albany Law School.

Smith, who was on the court from 2003 to 2014, is a partner at Friedman Kaplan Seiler & Adelman. His speech is titled “Thoughts on Being a Judge.”

Smith will be introduced by Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman in a program that begins at 5:30 p.m. in the school's Dean Alexander Moot Courtroom.