She directs the International Transactions Clinic that she cofounded at the Law School in 2008. She also teaches in the area of impact investment lawyering. Prof. Burand writes and lectures on issues related to international finance, microfinance and microfranchise, impact investing, social finance innovations such as social impact bonds and crowdfunding for social enterprise, and developing sustainable businesses at the base of the economic pyramid. Prof. Burand took a leave of absence from the Law School in 2010-2011 to serve as general counsel to the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, the development finance institution of the United States.