Grace Shim is a civil rights attorney turned mediator with nearly two decades of experience in employment and housing law.

Grace began her legal career prosecuting child abuse and neglect cases in the Bronx Family Court. Grace then served as a Staff Attorney at the MinKwon Center for Community Action, a Flushing-based nonprofit organization. After representing clients in landlord-tenant disputes in Queens Housing Court, unemployment insurance hearings at the New York State Department of Labor, and wage and hour lawsuits in the Southern and Eastern District Federal Courts, Grace served as the organization's Deputy Director and eventual Executive Director. Upon moving to the West Coast, Grace worked at the California Civil Rights Department, where she litigated employment and housing discrimination matters, including systemic and high impact cases. She then transitioned to a Senior Attorney Mediator role at the Department, before returning to New York City as a public interest advisor at Columbia Law School.

Grace previously taught mediation and lawyering skills at the UC Davis Law School and currently teaches mediation at CUNY Law School. She also serves as a volunteer mediator for the EEOC.

Grace received her BA with Honors from UC Berkeley and her JD from Columbia Law School. Grace is admitted to the bars of both California State (inactive) and New York State.