White & Case Award in Law and Social Entrepreneurship

The Grunin Center annually awards the White & Case Award in Law and Social Entrepreneurship to a graduating JD student and LLM student who exhibit academic excellence and demonstrate commitment to the field of law and social entrepreneurship.

The White & Case Award in Law and Social Entrepreneurship is made possible thanks to the generous support of the White & Case Social Entrepreneurship Fund.

2025 Award Recipients

Juliet Kim JD '25

Originally from Seoul, South Korea, Juliet Kim joined NYU Law with a keen interest in human rights, international relations, and social entrepreneurship.

In her 1L summer, she was a research assistant for Professor Deborah Burand, where she analyzed data and conducted research on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) trends in the legal industry. In her 2L year, she further explored her passion for law, social entrepreneurship, and international affairs through participating in the International Transactions Clinic. As a clinician, she advised mission-driven and internationally focused clients ranging from a nonprofit organization to an investment fund on various transactional matters. She then served as an Advanced Clinician for the Clinic and helped facilitate the onboarding of new clients and clinicians.

At NYU Law, Kim was also a Human Rights Scholar at the NYU Center for Human Rights and Global Justice, where she conducted background research for the Education Workstream of the Prevention Project and helped prepare for the publication of the State Capture Report. Juliet further spent her 3L Spring semester abroad at NYU Paris and Sciences Po, where she studied European Business Law and participated in the EU Public Interest Clinic. As part of the Clinic, she helped advise an international nonprofit organization on a project concerning asylum issues before the European Court of Human Rights.

Kim holds a BA in political science with a minor in International Development from the University of Pennsylvania. She is fluent in Korean.

Upon graduation, Kim will join Freshfields in the New York office. As she pursues a career in cross-border transactions, she looks forward to exploring the different ways in which transactional law can generate social impact.

Visit LinkedIn to learn where Julia is now. 

Chloe Yujin Lee LLM '25

Prior to her LLM, Chloe Yujin Lee served as in-house counsel at a multinational company in Seoul and practiced at a leading law firm in Dubai, where she focused on cross-border investments and business operations, particularly in emerging markets.

At NYU, she specialized in corporate law and deepened her engagement with social entrepreneurship. Drawing on her experience in pro bono consulting programs for social enterprises as a business major, as well as her involvement in legal clinics during law school, she sought to combine her legal expertise with her commitment to advancing positive social change. 

The International Transactions Clinic provided the ideal platform for this, allowing her to advise clients committed to addressing pressing societal challenges.

Following her LLM, she will join the New York office of Latham & Watkins.

Visit LinkedIn to learn where Chloe is now.