Nicole Schur is a public interest attorney who joined DePaul Law as a Racial Justice Initiative Fellow in November 2024. Her research will center on systemic racism within Illinois’s criminal justice, carceral and policing systems. Before joining DePaul, Schur served as a senior attorney at Cabrini Green Legal Aid (CGLA) where she provided full-service records relief for clients, represented self-represented petitioners in sealing and expungement cases and managed CGLA’s pro bono program. Previously, she clerked for the Honorable Justice Mary L. Mikva of the Illinois Appellate Court and taught English in Lübeck, Germany as a Fulbright grantee. Schur holds a BA, magna cum laude, in International Studies and Psychology from Miami University and a JD from Washington University School of Law.