Practice Areas
Pro Bono/Community Service
Professional Development
Diversity
Summer Program
Meet Sacramento Summer Associates
On-Campus Interviews/Job Fairs
City Guide
Contacts
California’s Central Valley is one of the fastest-growing areas in the state and is home to the state’s capital, Sacramento. The population of Sacramento and surrounding counties is projected to double by the year 2020. With the influx of major real estate and industrial development, the area has faced an increasing demand for natural resources and energy. Stoel Rives’ Sacramento office is poised to provide counsel on issues that affect this rapidly-changing community.
Practice Areas
The Sacramento office has the following primary practice areas: Water law, Environmental, Natural Resources, Land Use, and Renewable Energy.
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. Associates have a variety of training opportunities which include
an orientation series and firmwide weekend retreat for our newest associates
to introduce them to the firm’s resources and administration, quarterly
firmwide training programs on a variety of professional development topics,
and monthly office and firmwide training meetings for specific practice groups.
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.
Our Sacramento 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.
Summer Associate Social Activities
Social events are coordinated by the firm to provide opportunities
for summer associates to get to know Sacramento, our lawyers, and to have the
opportunity to make friends within the program. Planned activities for the California offices have included golfing, dinner parties, tours of the wine country,
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 Sacramento Summer Associates
Juliet Cho, University of the Pacific
Shuray Ghorishi, Indiana University
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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
Sacramento has emerged as a cosmopolitan state capital that retains its unique Gold Rush history. The University of California at Davis, home to one of the nation’s top agriculture programs and public research universities, is located nearby. For information about Sacramento businesses and relocating to Sacramento, see the Web sites below:
City of Sacramento
Sacramento Convention and Visitors Bureau
Sacramento Metro Chamber
Sacramento Area Commerce and Trade Organization (SACTO)
Sacramento Citysearch
Contact Information
Lourdes Fuentes
Director of Recruiting and Diversity
Stoel Rives LLP
One Union Square, Suite 3600
600 University Street
Seattle, WA 98101
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