Zev Eigen

Eigen, Zev

Assistant Professor of Law

Phone: (312) 503-2979
E-mail: z-eigen@northwestern.edu

SSRN Author Page | Curriculum Vitae (pdf)

Zev J.Eigen uses quantitative and qualitative methods to empirically study contracts, negotiations, alternative dispute resolution systems and labor and employment law. His recent research focuses on developing a behavioral theory and model of contract based on interviews, survey responses, and experimental behavioral data he collected. He has received a number of honors and awards, including a National Science Foundation grant and a Graduate Research Fellowship from Harvard Law School's Program on Negotiation. Zev is also a Research Fellow with NYU School of Law's Center for Labor and Employment Law.

Areas of Expertise

  • Labor Law
  • Negotiations
  • Economic Sociology
  • Law and Society
  • Employment Law
  • Contracts
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution

Courses

Selected Publications

  • LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT LAW INITIATIVES AND PROPOSALS IN THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION: PROCEEDINGS OF THE NEW YORK UNIVERSITY 62ND ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON LABOR (2011).
  • Shifting the Paradigm of the Debate: A Proposal to Eliminate At-Will Employment and Implement a 'Mandatory Arbitration Act' in indiana law journal (forthcoming). (with Nicolas Menillo & David Sherwyn)
  • The Devil in the Details: The Interrelationship among Citizenship, Rule of Law and Form-Adhesive Contracts in 41 connecticut law review 381 (2008).
  • The Forum for Adjudication of Employment Disputes in Research Handbook on the Economics of Labor and Employment Law (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2010). (with Samuel Estreicher )

Education

  • BS with honors, Cornell University
  • JD, Cornell University Law School
  • PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Prior Appointments

  • Teaching Fellow (with Prof. Lawrence Susskind), 2007, Harvard Law School
  • Senior Labor Relations Counsel, 2003-2005, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation