Tepper Fellows: Social Enterprise Law Research Assistants

Overview 

Each year, the Grunin Center hires research assistants who are responsible for keeping the Social Enterprise Law Tracker up to date with respect to the laws and regulations that are shaping the types of legal forms available to social enterprises in the United States. This work involves performing legal research, as well as data collection, data analysis, and data entry.

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Social Enterprise Law Tracker Co-Founder and Tepper Fellow Advisor

Rob Esposito

Mr. Esposito is a Managing Director and Senior Counsel at Apollo Global Management, Inc. He joined Apollo in 2020 in the Legal Department. Prior to that, Mr. Esposito was an associate in the Private Funds Group at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, and was an M&A and private funds associate in the New York offices of two international law firms. Mr. Esposito previously served as a Jacobson Fellow in Law and Business at New York University Law School, and as a professional lecturer in law on the adjunct faculty at The George Washington University Law School. Mr. Esposito received his AB from Dartmouth College, his JD from Wake Forest University School of Law, and his. LLM, with highest honors, in International and Comparative Law from The George Washington University Law School.

“When we co-founded the Social Enterprise Law Tracker (SELT), we were driven by an academic interest in the intersection of emerging corporate law and cutting edge technology. The interactive SELT website was a product of that combined interest. I am honored and grateful to NYU Law for embracing its stewardship and maintenance of the SELT website since its founding, and am delighted to continue participating in its evolution as an advisor to the Tepper Fellows and the Grunin Center.” - Rob Esposito 

Hannah Yang

Hannah is a corporate associate at Morrison Foerster. She represents publicly and privately held companies in a variety of corporate and securities law matters. She advises on mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, securities regulation, governance matters, and securities offerings. Hannah her JD from New York University School of Law, where she was awarded the White & Case Award in Law & Social Entrepreneurship. While there, she served as the articles editor for the NYU Environmental Law Journal and as a research assistant at the Grunin Center for Law and Social Entrepreneurship. Hannah received her AB in chemistry from Princeton University.

2025-26 Tepper Fellows

• Shelby Hobohm JD ’27
• Casey Martin JD ’27
• Van Tran JD ’27
• Mary Grace Babbo JD '28
• Morgan Duffield JD '28