Previous Grunin Prizes

The Grunin Prize aims to reward the innovation, replicability and/or scalability, and potential impact of projects and solutions developed by lawyers to advance the fields of social entrepreneurship and impact investing.

2024

Mary Rose Grunin Prize winner

2024 Grunin Prize for Sustained Commitment:
Mary Rose Brusewitz, Member/Partner, Clark Hill PLC

2024 Grunin Prize winners

2024 Grunin Prize for Law and Social Entrepreneurship Winner:
Calvert Impact and Morgan Lewis Cut Carbon Notes 

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2023

Helen Scott

2023 Grunin Prize for Sustained Commitment:
Helen Scott, Professor of Law, Co-Director, Leadership Program on Law and Business

Jelena Madir

2023 Grunin Prize for Law and Social Entrepreneurship Winner:
Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance – Covax

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2022

Stephen Valdes-Robles

2022 Grunin Prize for Law and Social Entrepreneurship Winner:
The Nature Conservancy - Blue Bonds for Ocean Conservation Program

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2021

2021 Grunin Prize for Law and Social Entrepreneurship Winner
Beccar Varela - Trust of the Argentine Network of Municipalities against Climate Change (RAMCC Trust)

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2020

2020 Grunin Prize for Law and Social Entrepreneurship Winner
Goldstein Hall - Joint Ownership Entity (JOE)

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2019

Navjeet Bal representing the 2019 Grunin Prize-winning team, Social Finance, Inc. - Veterans CARE Project, standing with Prize finalists

2019 Grunin Prize for Law and Social Entrepreneurship Winner:
Social Finance, Inc. - Veterans CARE Project

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2018

Pamela Rothenberg, Partner, Womble Bond Dickinson, winner of the 2018 Grunin Prize for Sustained Commitment standing with members of the Grunin board

2018 Grunin Prize for Sustained Commitment:
Pamela Rothenberg, Partner, Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP

Alissa Clarke, 2018 Grunin Prize Design Challenge Winner, standing with Jay Grunin

2018 Grunin Prize Design Challenge Winner:
Alissa Clarke ’19, NYU School of Law

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