Erika Rickard

Erika Rickard directs The Pew Charitable Trusts’ work on safety and justice court initiatives. She oversees researchers, policy experts, and organizational partnerships that support Pew’s work on safety and justice, including efforts to identify, interpret, and explain the role of court administration in key policy areas that affect people’s lives.

Before joining Pew, Rickard directed field research at Harvard Law School’s Access to Justice Lab, which conducts rigorous studies on access to justice and court administration. Rickard also served as a commissioner on the Massachusetts Access to Justice Commission, and was the first Access to Justice coordinator for Massachusetts, where she developed and implemented new policies and programs in the areas of language access, technology, and resources for people without counsel.

Rickard holds a bachelor’s degree in public policy from Mills College and a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School.