Description
Join Wikimedia in our ambitious project to empower people to create and share the sum of all human knowledge. Wikimedia’s legal team advises the nonprofit that provides free educational content to nearly 500 million people each month in over 280 languages. This means solving many legal questions that no one has thought about before. We are looking for an attorney who can advise on a range of technology, non-profit, and internet law issues. You should have a strong academic record, a degree in computer science or related experience, and a passion for sharing and remixing on the internet.
This position is based in San Francisco.
Description
-- Defend free knowledge consistent with the Wikimedia Guiding Principles.
-- Provide clear legal advice on a wide variety of legal topics, with an emphasis on features and products in a fast-paced technical environment.
-- Develop a strong working relationship with our Product and Engineering teams.
-- Work collaboratively with other teams in the Wikimedia Foundation, including Fundraising, Communications, and Human Resources.
-- Advise on nonprofit governance and agreements with other international nonprofit organizations and provide regular support for our Board of Directors.
Requirements
-- JD and excellent academic credentials
-- Experience with intellectual property, privacy, and other internet law issues.
-- 2-5 years experience with legal review of technical products or online services.
-- A degree in computer science, engineering, or related experience, and have a good understanding of software engineering processes and issues.
-- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and attention to detail.
-- Dedicated, hardworking, passionate, and able to complete projects independently.
-- Ability to learn on the job, spot issues, think fast, and comfortably deal with complex and ambiguous issues with sound judgment.
-- Comfortable in a highly collaborative, consensus-oriented environment.
-- Authorized to practice law in California (as California Bar member or by qualifying as in-house registered counsel).
Pluses
--vExperience with open source, free culture, free software, or online communities.
-- Ability to speak other languages, experience living or working outside the United States, or past work on international legal issues are a major plus.
About the Wikimedia Foundation
The Wikimedia Foundation is the non-profit organization that operates Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Wikipedia and the other projects operated by the Wikimedia Foundation receive more than 431 million unique visitors per month, making them the 5th most popular web property worldwide. Available in more than 287 languages, Wikipedia contains more than 32 million articles contributed by a global volunteer community of more than 100,000 people. Based in San Francisco, California, the Wikimedia Foundation is an audited, 501(c)(3) charity that is funded primarily through donations and grants. The Wikimedia Foundation was created in 2003 to manage the operation of Wikipedia and its sister projects. It currently employs over 208 staff members. Wikimedia is supported by local chapter organizations in 40 countries or regions.
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