White & Case Social Entrepreneurship Summer Internship

About

The Grunin Center for Law and Social Entrepreneurship is pleased to offer up to two student internships each summer for NYU Law students who have completed their 1L year.

Launched in the summer of 2021, the White & Case Social Entrepreneurship Internship program provides NYU Law students with hands-on experience at the intersection of law, social entrepreneurship, and impact investing.

Over the past five years, White & Case Social Entrepreneurship Summer Interns have been placed at a variety of organizations, including Acumen Fund, Calvert Impact Capital, Global Communities, Habitat for Humanity International’s Terwilliger Center for Innovation in Shelter, and MCE Social Capital.

Application Details

The application for the 2026 White & Case Social Entrepreneurship Internship has closed. 

The White & Case Social Entrepreneurship Internships are made possible thanks to the generous support of the White & Case Social Entrepreneurship Fund.

These internships are an opportunity for students to gain valuable experience in the fields of social entrepreneurship and impact investing. Interns will be placed with either a social enterprise or impact investing organization and will work under the supervision of the organization’s in-house counsel. The internships will conform to PILC’s guidelines on compensation and time commitment. 

2026 Interns

Eva Augst  JD '28

Eva graduated from Claremont McKenna College in 2023 with a degree in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE). Prior to law school, she lived in Vienna for two years on a Fulbright grant, teaching English and conducting research on the tax incidence impacts of Austria's recently implemented carbon pricing system. Eva's academic and professional interests center around how financial mechanisms can be designed to align profit incentives with favorable social and environmental outcomes. 

Sam Weinberg  JD '28

Sam Weinberg graduated from Yeshiva University in 2025, where he studied English and Finance. At Yeshiva, he held multiple leadership roles, including President of the Yeshiva Student Union. Sam has legal experience from summers at Herbert Smith Freeholds Kramer, where he supported case work, and the Permanent Mission of Jamaica to the United Nations. Sam is particularly interested in how legal frameworks support mission-driven organizations and sustainable, socially responsible business practices, and how transactional skills can be applied to public-facing projects.
 

Here is what the 2025 White & Case Interns had to say about their experiences:

"I had the privilege of spending my summer with Calvert Impact, an impact investing nonprofit. During my internship, I was exposed to the full lifecycle of transactions, from early-stage structuring conversations, to active portfolio management. I was able to try my hand at drafting templates for several loan agreement documents, writing a memo on compliance for tax-exempt organizations, and giving a presentation on the legal importance of minutes and record keeping. This experience deepened my appreciation for the role of lawyers in enabling social innovation through financial transactions. I really valued the close-knit and collaborative nature of the team and was inspired by how passionate everyone was about using investment as a tool for good. This experience not only affirmed my academic interests, but it also gave me practical skills and insights I look forward to carrying into my future practice as a transactional attorney."

 —Anna Donlan, Calvert Impact

"Over the summer, I interned for Habitat for Humanity’s Terwilliger Center for Innovation in Shelter (TCIS). TCIS focuses on affordable housing innovation and housing finance systems, including the Microbuild Fund, so that they can direct investment capital into areas of the world that need housing. Interning for the Associate General Counsel Market Development and Impact Investing gave me a firsthand experience of what it would be like to work as a lawyer for a mission driven organization. During the internship, I received exposure to transactional work, such as the wind down of an operating fund and the efforts to launch a success fund. In the first year of law school, there’s no exposure to transactional work, so it was great to have it this summer. It was especially interesting to have this transactional experience in impact investing, which often involves international jurisdictions and, as a result, adds intriguing complexities. I will take the insights I gained from interning for Habitat for Humanity throughout my career."

—Eric Oringer, Habitat for Humanity's Terwilliger Center for Innovation in Shelter