Lucy Ricca is the Executive Director of the Neukom Center for the Rule of Law.

Ricca is a national expert in efforts to reform regulation of the legal profession to increase innovation, market diversification, and access to justice. Ricca has written on the regulation of the profession, the changing practice of law, and diversity in the profession. She served as the first Executive Director of the Utah Office of Legal Services Innovation, a new regulator of legal services launched by the Utah Supreme Court. She is a member of the Board of Advisors of the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System (“IAALS”). She is also a member of the Frontline Justice National Community Justice Task Force, a bipartisan coalition of thought leaders and experts dedicated to transforming access to civil legal help nationwide.

Ricca clerked for Judge James P. Jones of the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia. Before clerking, Ricca practiced white collar criminal defense, securities, antitrust, and complex commercial litigation as an associate at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe. Ricca received her B.A. cum laude in History from Dartmouth College and her J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law.