Scholarships and Internships
The Grunin Center also provides NYU Law students with a demonstrated interest in social entrepreneurship with several scholarship and internship opportunities to help them pursue a career in social entrepreneurship.
Nordlicht Family Scholarship
The Nordlicht Family Scholarship in the Grunin Center for Law and Social Entrepreneurship is part of NYU’s innovative initiative to support social entrepreneurship through legal studies. The Scholarship is awarded to students who intend to pursue a career in social entrepreneurship by following a curriculum which combines legal and business skills with the ultimate goal of creating innovative solutions to pressing social problems. The scholarship is limited to applicants with financial need as defined by the Law School. Nordlicht Family Scholars are fully integrated members of the Jacobson Leadership Program.
The Nordlicht Family Scholarship is made possible thanks to the generous support of the Nordlicht Family.
Impact Scholarship
The Grunin Center will award annually one merit-based scholarship to a rising 3L law student or an incoming LL.M student with a demonstrated interest and/or achievement in creating innovative solutions in emerging markets, with a focus on the field of natural resources.
This scholarship provides partial tuition support for the full-time J.D. or master’s degree programs. Applications will be made available in the spring of 2019, and interested candidates will be invited to submit a 500-word essay that briefly describes their involvement and interest in the field of natural resources in emerging markets.
** J.D. students who already have scholarship awards are advised to contact the Office of Student Financial Services to discuss the effect of their existing financial aid package on their eligibility for the Impact Scholarship.
The White & Case Social Entrepreneurship Internships
The Grunin Center will support two student internships per year. These White & Case Social Entrepreneurship Interns will have the opportunity to spend the summer after their 1L year working with social enterprises and impact investors to further their social impact mission.
The first internships will be awarded in the academic year 2020-2021 (for the summer of June-August 2021). More information and application instructions will be provided in 2019.