Natalya Shnitser

Natalya Shnitser is a Professor and David and Pamela Donohue Faculty Fellow at Boston College Law School. She teaches and conducts research in the areas of corporations, corporate governance, employee benefits law, and fiduciary obligations. Her work focuses on retirement security, the regulation of financial intermediaries, and the governance of retirement plans under ERISA.

Her research interests lie at the intersection of law, finance, and public policy, particularly in how retirement systems serve American workers. She examines fiduciary duties in 401(k) plans, the rise of collective investment trusts, ESG investing, participant preferences in investment selection, and the evolution of ERISA’s regulatory framework. Her scholarship is published in leading legal journals and policy forums such as the Yale Law Journal, Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance, and The Regulatory Review.

The recent articles reflect a strong trend in retirement plan governance, ERISA compliance, fiduciary duty, and the impact of regulatory changes on retirement security. Her work increasingly engages with policy debates around ESG investing, climate risk, and participant autonomy in defined contribution plans.

• David and Pamela Donohue Faculty Fellow
• Coker Fellow, Yale Law School
• Phi Beta Kappa, Stanford University
• Chair, AALS Section on Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation
• Organizer, Annual Conference on Employee Benefits and Social Insurance

Shnitser advises on retirement policy and has contributed to national debates on ERISA, fiduciary standards, and retirement plan design. She has not received specific grant mentions in the text, but her fellowship and leadership roles indicate institutional support. She has supervised research scholars and likely mentors junior faculty and students, though specific advisees are not listed.

She has been actively involved in academic and policy communities, organizing major conferences and contributing to public discourse through op-eds and media appearances. Her work bridges legal scholarship and real-world policy impact, particularly in shaping retirement security for American workers.