NYU Law offers a range of curricular offerings that incorporate themes of social entrepreneurship, impact investing and sustainable development. Students interested in these fields can combine more traditional training in corporate, securities, and tax law with specialized courses, like Law & Business of Social Entrepreneurship or Financing Development, among others. The Center is supporting the course Launching and Managing Impact Investment Funds:
Launching and Managing Impact Investment Funds: Co-taught by Professor Deborah Burand and Adjunct Professor Ana Demel starting in fall 2024, this course focuses on the business terms, structures, documentation, and legal issues of impact investment funds. This experiential course uses a series of five case studies that have been created to explore the life of an impact investment fund sponsored by Habitat for Humanity International. Students will engage in simulated negotiations and contract drafting exercises to learn how to analyze and effectively deal with the legal issues that arise in the launch and management of an impact investment fund. This course requires Corporations as a prerequisite. For further information, visit the course website.
The Center also is supporting NYU Law’s International Transactions Clinic, which provides students with an opportunity to engage directly in the representation of social entrepreneurs and impact investors globally:
International Transactions Clinic (ITC): Launched by Professor Deborah Burand in the fall of 2015, the International Law Transactions Clinic offers students the opportunity to provide legal services to clients that are conducting cross-border transactions in emerging markets. The bulk of the ITC’s clients include social enterprises and impact investors. The clinic includes a fieldwork component that allows students to receive hands-on training from practicing attorneys as they represent clients of the ITC. Another component of the ITC involves students meeting in a seminar twice a week. In these seminar meetings, the ITC concentrates on teaching students’ skills that are critically important to their professional development as they enter into practice areas that involve international transactions and to support their client fieldwork. For further information, visit the ITC's website. Download the ITC 2023-2024 Annual Report (PDF: 106 KB).