Nancy E. Rice (born June 2, 1950) is the former Chief Justice of the Colorado Supreme Court.
She received her Bachelor of Arts cum laude from Tufts University in 1972 and her J.D.
[3] She then worked as an appellate state public defender from 1976 to 1977 before joining the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Colorado, where she served as the Deputy Chief of the Civil Division from 1985 to 1987.
Rice became a judge on the Denver District Court in 1987, the same year she began teaching as an adjunct professor at the University of Colorado School of Law.
[2] Rice was originally appointed to the Colorado Supreme Court on August 5, 1998, by Governor Roy Romer and was subsequently elevated to Chief Justice on January 8, 2014.