Boise NALP Form
Practice Areas
Pro Bono/Community Service
Professional Development
Diversity
Summer Program
Meet Boise Summer Associates
On-Campus Interviews/Job Fairs
City Guide
Contacts

With 28 lawyers, our Boise office has doubled over the last two years, making our offices on the top floor of the tallest building in Idaho a little more crowded these days. The work in the Boise office is divided between litigation and business practices, with a particular focus on serving the needs of the telecommunications and energy industries.

Practice Areas
The Boise office has the following primary practice areas: Trial; Environmental; Corporate Securities & Finance; Real Estate; Labor & Employment; and Utilities.

Pro-Bono/Community Service
Attorneys are strongly encouraged to perform pro bono work of their choice serving the legal needs of the poor. Pro bono hours are credited toward investment hour goals.

For more specific information about pro bono work and community service at Stoel Rives, please see the Our Communities page.

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Professional Development
The professional development of our associates is a critical measure of our success. All first- through third-year associates are assigned both a mentor (usually an associate) and a coach (a member in the new associate’s practice area). Mentors act primarily as informed friends and confidantes, helping new associates get to know the culture of the firm and who does what. They are available to answer silly or political questions—any question a starting associate might not feel comfortable asking a member. On the other hand, member coaches provide professional guidance and help a new associate shape his or her career. Mentors and coaches take their roles seriously. They are expected to take their associates out to lunch at least monthly (on the firm’s dime).

Diversity
Stoel Rives is committed to an inclusive environment where all personnel are recognized for their contributions based on merit and encouraged to reach their fullest potential. The Boise office participates in minority outreach programs provided by the local Bar and law school.

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Summer Program
Summer Associate Mentoring/Training
We recognize that our summer associates deserve careful, constructive feedback on the quality of their work. Therefore, in addition to the feedback that our attorneys provide in connection with the summer associates’ work projects, each summer associate is matched with a summer mentor. These summer mentors help their summer associates understand the nuances and challenges of our practice and firm, offer advice on how to take advantage of the resources and opportunities our firm has to offer, and provide feedback throughout the summer. These mentors are typically second- to fourth-year associates, most of whom were summer associates themselves.

Summer Associate Work Projects
Attorneys from all of the firm’s practice groups are encouraged to submit projects for summer associates. Summer associates are encouraged to accept projects that will allow them to work in different areas of the law.

Summer associates are given the opportunity to attend trials, depositions, hearings, closings and contract negotiations in which our attorneys are involved. Stoel Rives also provides summer associates with legal research, writing and editing seminars.

Summer Associate Social Activities
A wide range of social events are coordinated by the firm to provide opportunities for summer associates to get to know the city of Boise, our lawyers, and to have the opportunity to make friends within the program. Planned activities for the Boise office have included dinner parties, golf outings, raft trips, and a two-day, firmwide, summer associate training and social retreat in Portland.

Summer Associate Offers of Employment
The majority of Stoel Rives' summer associates are given offers to return to the firm for employment after graduation. These offers are typically made at the end of the summer. The Recruiting Committee works with the summer associate to determine the practice group in which he or she would like to work as an associate and to try to match the summer associate's preference with the needs of the firm's practice groups.

Meet 2008 Boise Summer Associate
Blake Zollar, Notre Dame

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On-campus Interviews/Job Fairs
Click here to find out more about our scheduled on campus interviews and job fairs.

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City Guide
Boise lies just west of the Rocky Mountains, making for excellent skiing, hiking and rock-climbing trips. The Boise River, which cuts through downtown, offers great fishing opportunities, and nearby reservoirs provide venues for boating, sailing and water-skiing. This office of Stoel Rives is particularly involved in the community, sponsoring the Idaho Shakespeare Festival and the Gene Harris Jazz Festival, along with several other artistic and cultural events.

For information about Boise businesses and practical information about relocating to Boise, see the web sites below:

State of Idaho Home Page
Discover Idaho

Contact Information
Mari Moody
Office Administrator
Stoel Rives LLP
101 South Capitol, Suite 1900
Boise, ID 83702-5958

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