2023 marked the award of the first-ever Grunin Prize for Sustained Commitment. This prize aims to honor lawyers who have demonstrated exceptional dedication to these ideals over their careers.

The Grunin Prize for Sustained Commitment was awarded at a special ceremony on June 6, 2023 in New York City as was the Grunin Prize for Law and Social Entrepreneurship. This ceremony took place as part of the Annual Conference on Legal Issues in Social Entrepreneurship and Impact Investing—in the US and Beyond, which is co-hosted at NYU School of Law by the Grunin Center for Law and Social Entrepreneurship and the Impact Investing Legal Working Group.

Grunin Prize for Sustained Commitment:

Helen Scott, Professor of Law, Co-Director, Leadership Program on Law and Business

Prof. Scott was honored for her exceptional dedication during her career at NYU Law to guiding law students in making a positive impact within transactional and business law.

Helen Scott is a Professor of Law at NYU School of Law. Prof. Scott joined NYU Law’s faculty in 1982 and has taught a wide variety of business law courses. At NYU Law, she also founded and co-directed the Mitchell Jacobson Leadership Program in Law and Business and the Grunin Center for Law and Social Entrepreneurship.