Before Zev Eigen agreed to join Littler as global director of data analytics, he put the firm to a test. He pitched an idea he described as “a little crazy, but obviously a great solution”: If first-year summer associates performed well, Littler should offer them a job immediately. They’d drop out of law school and avoid student debt, and Littler would pay them a lower salary in exchange for training them. It was, he said, a win-win situation.
Unlike other firm leaders Eigen had spoken with, Littler’s co-president Thomas Bender didn’t dismiss him. His reaction, according to Eigen, was, “Well, that is a little bananas, but I think we should look into it.” And though Littler has yet to implement that particular innovation, Eigen said the exchange confirmed that he could trust this firm’s heads to let him experiment. He took the job.
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