Legal Fellow – Spring 2027

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🌵 Arizona, California, +28 more states – Remote

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💵 $37 - $45 / hour

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Wikimedia Foundation

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2003

🤝 Non-profit

📚 Education

📱 Media

💰 $2.5M Grant on 2019-09

Non-profit • Education • Media

Wikimedia Foundation is a nonprofit charitable organization dedicated to the growth, development, and distribution of free, multilingual content. It provides the essential infrastructure for free knowledge, including hosting Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia that is created, edited, and verified by a global community of volunteers. Supported primarily through donations, Wikimedia Foundation promotes collaborative projects that aim to share knowledge reflecting human diversity and strives to protect everyone's right to access free and open knowledge.

📋 Description

• Research various legal questions • Draft licensing agreements • Develop internal and external policies • Spearhead individualized projects under the supervision and guidance of a Legal Department attorney • Attend and participate in internal and external meetings • Collaborate with the supervising attorney on projects • Receive feedback and support while learning the practical dimensions of in-house legal practice at a web-based company

🎯 Requirements

• Current law student or recent law school graduate • High energy for and commitment to the Wikimedia Foundation's free knowledge mission • Interest in free culture issues, digital rights, open source software, Creative Commons licensing, and related areas • Ability to excel in a fast-paced, multitasking environment with fast turn-arounds • Intellectual curiosity and flexibility to tackle difficult and ambiguous problems creatively • Experience working with large online user communities, or desire to do so • Ability to flourish in a highly transparent and collaborative environment and work with teams of diverse demographic and cultural characteristics • Excellent writing skills adaptable to communicating complex legal concepts to broad audiences • Completed coursework in some or all of internet law, freedom of expression, intellectual property, contract drafting, international law, privacy, data security, and/or licensing is not required; experience in these areas is heavily preferred • Current work authorization in the employee's location for non-US hires • Candidates with strong research backgrounds, wiki or Wikimedia project experience, agreement/policy drafting experience, relevant coursework, or multilingual abilities are preferred or a plus

🏖️ Benefits

• Individualized pay based on skills, experience, and location • Opportunity to facilitate earning academic credits and/or receiving funding through the fellow's university • Individualized projects and supervision, guidance, feedback, and support from a Legal Department attorney • Remote-first work environment • Inclusive and equitable workplace • Employer of Record hiring for non-US employees • Accommodation assistance during the application process