Jill S. Manny joined the faculty at New York University (NYU) School of Law in 1993 as an Acting Assistant Professor. In June of 1995, she assumed the additional position of Executive Director of the National Center on Philanthropy and the Law at NYU School of Law. She teaches courses on the Law of Nonprofit Organizations, Tax-Exempt Organizations, and Tax Aspects of Charitable Giving. She also teaches a course in Nonprofit Law at the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at NYU, where she is a member of the adjunct faculty.

Professor Manny currently serves as a co-Adviser for Law & Social Entrepreneurship at NYU, and is a member of the Independent Sector’s Ethics and Accountability Advisory Committee. She is a member of the American Law Institute (ALI) and serves as an adviser on the continuing project of the ALI to draft the Restatement of the Law of Charitable Nonprofit Organizations. She is a member of the American Bar Association Exempt Organizations Committee and its Task Force on Supporting Organizations and has served as Co-Chair of its Subcommittee on Judicial Developments. Professor Manny has served on the Professional Leadership Development Committee of Barnard College, Columbia University.

Professor Manny has written and spoken on issues impacting nonprofit organizations, including the evolution of the definition of “charitable,” tax issues for nonprofit religious organizations, exempt organizations and the internet, lobbying activities of nonprofit organizations, the exemption for amateur and professional sports organizations, and nonprofit executive compensation.

Professor Manny received a B.A. from Barnard College, Columbia University, and a J.D. from Columbia University School of Law.