About Us

 

Who We Are

Launched in May 2017, the Grunin Center for Law and Social Entrepreneurship is the first center of its kind at a law school.  The Center will advance a movement that creates new ways for law and lawyers to support positive change in the world.  NYU Law, through the Center, will extend its role as a trailblazer in social justice and education innovation to emerge as a global leader in the field of law and social entrepreneurship.  NYU Law, through the Center, also will lead the way forward among legal educators as it helps the legal academy, in the US and beyond, reimagine how legal education can embed themes of social entrepreneurship and impact investing within curricular and extra-curricular activities.

 

What We Do

The mission of the Center is to accelerate the effective participation and enhance the community of lawyers and legal institutions engaged in social entrepreneurship and impact investing.  We will educate, disseminate and collaborate.

The Grunin Center educates students and practicing lawyers about legal issues in the field of social entrepreneurship and impact investing; disseminates knowledge, resources and research about legal issues and policy developments in this field; and collaborates with other field-building organizations, universities and research centers to strengthen the ecosystem and legal framework for social entrepreneurship and impact investing to flourish.

Under these three pillars, the Grunin Center carries out a range of activities and initiatives within NYU Law and beyond. To learn more about these, check out our Courses & Other Programs, Resources & Publications*, Events and Grunin Prize.