Practice Areas
Pro Bono/Community Service
Professional Development
Diversity
Summer Program
On-Campus Interviews/Job Fairs
City Guide
Contacts
In the heart of the mid-west, Minneapolis is highly-regarded for its economy, educational opportunities, cultural landscape, affordability, and environmentally forward practices. Stoel Rives' Minneapolis office is staffed by attorneys with extensive renewable energy, agribusiness, and food industry practice. They are leaders in ethanol and biodiesel facilities development, and have experience in wind energy development.
Practice Areas
The Minneapolis office has the following primary practice areas: business litigation; corporate law including business financing, securities transactions, and taxes, real estate law; and environmental and natural resources law.
Pro-Bono/Community Service
Attorneys are encouraged to participate in pro bono activities 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 associates are assigned a mentor upon arrival to the firm. Mentors
help new associates get to know the culture of the firm, and they provide professional
guidance to assist associates in shaping their careers.
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 Minneapolis office participates in minority outreach programs provided by the local Bar and law schools
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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.
Breakfast meetings featuring informal presentations by different practice group leaders
are held each week.
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 Minneapolis, our lawyers, and to have the
opportunity to make friends within the program.
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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 Minneapolis Summer Associate
Sarah Johnson Phillips, University of Minnesota
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On-campus Interviews/Job Fairs
Click here to find out more about our scheduled on campus interviews and job fairs.
City Guide
The Minneapolis-St. Paul area, referred to as The Twin Cities, is known for its cultural and recreational opportunities. Set against tranquil natural surroundings, the hip urban Twin Cities area offers a wide spectrum of metropolitan experiences including public art museums, private art galleries, stage performances, a dynamic music scene, unique architecture, distinctive dining, major league professional sports teams, and a plethora of shopping. The area boasts 136,900 acres of parkland and 950 lakes in the metro area alone. Golfing, fishing, hiking, swimming, boating, and snow shoeing are all popular activities.
For information about Minneapolis businesses and practical information
about relocating to The Twin Cities, see the web sites below:
City of Minneapolis
Minneapolis Regional Chamber of Commerce
Minnesota Office of Tourism
Twin Cities Citysearch
Contact Information
Melissa McCammon
Office Administrator
Stoel Rives LLP
100 S. Fifth Street, 19th Floor
Minneapolis, MN 55402
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