Summary

[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] envisions a world where the sum total of human knowledge is available to everyone. The [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal], the nonprofit home of Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons, and other free educational projects, serves as the hub of a global movement. Our Legal team counsels the Foundation as they create tools and features for Wikipedia. We are looking for a junior to mid-career attorney to join our in-house legal department as Legal Counsel, reporting to the Associate General Counsel.

You are responsible for:

• Advising product, engineering and design teams on legal issues related to feature development, launches, experiments and ongoing platform operations.
• Supporting legal review of new products, product changes, and technical initiatives around the Wikimedia projects.
• Supporting the draft, review and maintenance of user-facing terms, disclosures, policies, FAQs and internal guidance.
• Counseling on product, privacy, data use, consumer protection, intellectual property, accessibility, online safety and related product issues.
• Partnering with cross-functional teams to identify legal risk early and develop practical, mission-aligned solutions.
• Monitoring and helping assess legal and regulatory developments that may affect [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]’s projects globally.

Skills and Experience:

• J.D. from accredited U.S. law school or equivalent foreign degree, and admission to practice law in that jurisdiction.
• 2-5 years experience with legal review of technical products or online services.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and attention to detail, full fluency in written and spoken English.

Qualities that are important to us:

• 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, multicultural, transparent environment.
• Ability to assess and manage complex risks, and triage issues appropriately.
• Mission-driven with a public service orientation and high personal integrity.
• An understanding of, and commitment to, a free and open internet, to the open source and free culture movements, and to [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]’s mission.

Additionally, we’d love it if you have:

• Experience with open source, free culture, free software, or online communities.
• A degree in computer science, engineering, or related experience, and have a good understanding of software engineering processes and issues.
• Experience with public policy, government relations or other policy-facing functions.
• 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 [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]

The [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] is the nonprofit organization that operates Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia free knowledge projects. Our vision is a world in which every single human can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. The [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] is a charitable, not-for-profit organization that relies on donations. We are a remote-first organization with staff including contractors based in 40+ countries. For applicants based within the United States, the anticipated annual pay range is $90,572 to $137,155. For applicants located outside of the US, the pay range will be adjusted to the country of hire. We neither ask for nor take into consideration the salary history of applicants.

If you are a qualified applicant requiring assistance or an accommodation, you may contact us at [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] or +1 (415) 839-6885.