Location

Washington, DC

Organization

The Pew Charitable Trusts

Title

Senior Officer

What are your domains of INTEREST?

Human Services

Do you have any OTHER domains of interest?

Law, access to justice

What are your domains of EXPERTISE?

Human Services

Do you have any OTHER domains of expertise?

Law, access to justice

Share with us a short bio of yourself.

Erika Rickard is the Senior Officer of a new initiative at The Pew Charitable Trusts, focused on modernizing the civil legal system. Before joining Pew, she was a researcher at the Access to Justice Lab, which conducts rigorous research on access to justice and court administration at Harvard Law School. Rickard has worked in the Massachusetts courts as the state’s first Access to Justice Coordinator, developing policies, programs, and technologies to improve access to justice for underserved communities. She previously represented MA state agencies in trial and appellate practice as an Assistant Attorney General, and served as a judicial clerk on the Massachusetts Appeals Court. She has taught courses on Restorative Justice at Tufts University and 21st Century Legal Profession at Suffolk Law School. Rickard is a graduate of Harvard Law School and Mills College. She currently serves on the Massachusetts Access to Justice Commission.

Would you like to join Social Determinants Group?

Yes

Would you like to join Opioid Epidemic Group?

Yes