Carlyn Leinheiser

Teaches at Be Social Change

Carly Leinheiser practices law as an associate attorney with Perlman & Perlman, LLP, which has been serving nonprofits and social enterprises for more than fifty years. Carly advises both nonprofits and social enterprises on a wide range of matters including corporate formation, governance, tax-exempt compliance, cause marketing, commercial transactions, intellectual property, open licensing, and privacy issues.

Carly graduated magna cum laude from Washington University with a degree in Political Science and International Studies and received her Juris Doctor from New York University School of Law. She is the author of the forthcoming guide, A Legal Primer for Changemakers which forms part of the Social Good Guides produced by the Social Innovators Collective.