Upcoming Events
2025 Annual Conference on Legal Issues in Social Entrepreneurship and Impact Investing—In the US and Beyond
Mark your calendars for June 3-4, 2025.
Watch out for emerging details on our LinkedIn and Conference website page.
2025 Legal Scholars Convening
Save the date! Our next Legal Scholars Convening will be held on June 5, 2025, following our annual conference.
Stay tuned for more details.
Past Events
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Webinar: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About the Grunin Prize Application and Evaluation Process
When: December 6, 12:00 - 1:00 PM (EST)
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This webinar was led by previous winner and judge, Steve Valdes-Robles, General Counsel, WaterEquity (previously Senior Counsel, The Nature Conservancy) and Deborah Burand, Faculty Director, Grunin Center.
Webinar: Exploring the Dynamics of External Counsel and In-House Counsel Collaborations in Social Entrepreneurship and Impact Investing: More than Scribes
When: November 14, 12:00 - 1:00 PM (EST)
Watch the webinar recording here
The Grunin Center was joined for a conversation with in-house counsel and external counsel to explore how mission-driven legal partnerships can drive innovation, scale and/or replicability in advancing social entrepreneurship and impact investing. Please see here for more details.
Symposium on Legal Issues in Social Entrepreneurship, Impact Investing and Sustainable Development
The Symposium on Legal Issues in Social Entrepreneurship, Impact Investing and Sustainable Development was co-hosted with the Journal of Law & Business.
When: October 18, 2024
Where: NYU School of Law
More information about the symposium
- The Role of Guiding Principles When Taking a Relational Contractual Approach to Impact Investing Webinar
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May 6, 2024
Contracting for impact investing is likely to result in incomplete contracts, often by choice due to the relatively high transactional costs of trying to create more complete contractual agreements able to anticipate and respond to the many ways that impact investing can be derailed. This webinar looks at how some impact investors and their investees are turning to a more relational contractual approach that relies on the activation of shared guiding principles to overcome the challenges of contractual incompleteness.
This webinar was held on May 6, 2024. Click here to learn more about this webinar event and click here to view the webinar recording.
This event was approved for 1 New York State CLE credits in the category of Areas of Professional Practice for those who attended the live webinar. The credit is both transitional and non-transitional; it is appropriate for both experienced and newly admitted attorneys. There is no CLE credit available for viewing the recorded video.
- Relational Contracting in Advancing Social and Environmental Impact Webinar
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January 9, 2024
The growing need to achieve positive social and environmental impact throughout business relationships is driven by escalating challenges related to climate change, poverty, and social inequality. In this webinar, Professor Deborah Burand and David Frydlinger will explore the role that formal relational contracts can play in supporting the achievement of social and environmental impact and address limitations of more traditional contractual approaches.
This webinar was held on January 9, 2024. Click here to learn more about this webinar event and click here to view the webinar recording.
This event was approved for 1 New York State CLE credits in the category of Areas of Professional Practice for those who attended the live webinar. The credit is both transitional and non-transitional; it is appropriate for both experienced and newly admitted attorneys. There is no CLE credit available for viewing the recorded video.
- Reception & Dinner Celebrating NYU Law Collaboration with Intesa Sanpaolo
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November 16, 2022
NYU School of Law and the Grunin Center for Law and Social Entrepreneurship co-hosted a special reception and dinner in collaboration with Intesa Sanpaolo, one of the leading Italian and European financial institutions. The reception and dinner celebrated their partnership in advancing global research around antitrust laws and compliance policies, impact banks, and the green and circular economy.
- Social Impact and the Law: A Fireside Chat with former Rockefeller Foundation General Counsel Maria Santos Valentin and Professor Deborah Burand
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October 19, 2022
Deborah Burand, Professor of Clinical Law, introduced Maria Santos Valentin, the Grunin Center's new Distinguished Scholar & Senior Fellow, to the NYU Law School Community. They discussed the role philanthropy plays in catalyzing impact investing and sustainable development in the US and beyond, and how lawyers are shaping these philanthropic initiatives.