Grunin Center for Law and Social Entrepreneurship

Meet the Grunin Prize Finalists

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This Grunin Center podcast gives you the chance to learn more about the 2026 Grunin Prize Finalists. Lawyers play a critical role in designing, implementing, and advancing models by which economic and social activity are conducted globally. The Grunin Center administers the Grunin Prize for Law and Social Entrepreneurship to celebrate the contributions of lawyers who purposefully engage in advancing the fields of social entrepreneurship, impact investing, and sustainable development. The award of an annual Grunin Prize for Law and Social Entrepreneurship recognizes lawyers’ participation in th...

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NYU Legal Changemakers Incubator: SheLeads Circles 11.06.2026 13:54

In this episode, Zvia Schoenberg, executive director of the Grunin Center, speaks with Sonal Rawat, NYU School of Law LLM '26. For the past academic year, Sonal has been part of the NYU Legal Changemakers Incubator, a program in its inaugural year. This initiative is designed to support a select cohort of LLM students as they undertake legal projects that address timely societal/environmental issu...

Meet the Grunin Prize Finalists: Onboarding Nature Toolkit & Movement 12.05.2026 19:01

In this episode, Zvia Schoenberg, executive director of the Grunin Center, speaks with Tessa van Soest, executive director of B Lab Benelux, Jacobien Viets, fractional general counsel for Alliance Business Counsels, and Alexandra Pimor, director of nature governance at the Earth Law Center, to discuss their project: Onboarding Nature Toolkit & Movement. This project galvanizes business as a fo...

Meet the Grunin Prize Finalists: Boston Impact Initiative Fund II 12.05.2026 16:39

In this episode, Zvia Schoenberg, executive director of the Grunin Center, speaks with Betty Francisco, CEO of Boston Impact Initiative, and Carl Valenstein, partner at Morgan, Lewis, & Blockius LLP, to discuss their project: Boston Impact Initiative Fund II. BII Fund II is a $22M fund democratizing investment via a tiered note structure. It allows non-accredited individuals to invest $1,000...

Meet the Grunin Prize Finalists: Integrating social impact into social asset management 12.05.2026 15:52

In this episode, Zvia Schoenberg, executive director of the Grunin Center, speaks with Marella Caramazza, board member for Cottino Social Impact Campus, and Emiliano Giovine, lawyer and scientific director of the legal impact pillar for Cottino Social Impact Campus, to discuss their project: Integrating social impact into public asset management. The project introduces a legally grounded framewor...