The Grunin Center for Law and Social Entrepreneurship is seeking Tepper Fellows: Social Enterprise Law Research Assistants for the academic year 2025-26, to begin in October. This is a paid position at $16.50/hr.
Roles and Responsibilities: Research assistants will be responsible for keeping the Social Enterprise Law Tracker up to date with respect to the laws and regulations that are shaping the types of legal forms available to social enterprises in the United States. This work involves performing legal research, as well as data collection, data analysis, and data entry.
Research assistants will develop an annual report, The State of Social Enterprise and the Law, to be published in the summer of 2026.
Research assistants will also have a unique opportunity to be mentored by Professor Jesse Gero (adjunct professor of clinical law, acting director of the International Transactions Clinic, and senior legal fellow of the Grunin Center), Rob Esposito (co-founder of the Social Enterprise Law Tracker and advisor to the Tepper Fellows) and Hannah Yang (former Tepper Fellow and advisor to the Tepper Fellows).
Qualifications: 1L, 2L, 3L students
Approximate Dates of Employment: Full academic year commitment (2025-26)
Approximate Number of Hours/Week: 2-4 hours in fall semester; 5-10 hours a week in spring semester
Application: Applications should be submitted by September 19, 2025. Please submit the following materials in a single PDF to grunincenter@gmail.com: a resume and one-page essay describing your interest in the field of social enterprise and the research assistant position.
For more information, visit the Grunin Center website.