Legal Counsel

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US States: Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming. Countries: Brazil, Canada, Colombia, France, Germany, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Italy, Kenya, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.Full-TimeMiddle
Salary90572 - 137155 USD per year
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Job Details

Languages
English
Experience
2-5 years

Requirements

  • 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.
  • 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 Wikimedia’s mission.

Responsibilities

  • Advise product, engineering and design teams on legal issues related to feature development, launches, experiments and ongoing platform operations.
  • Support legal review of new products, product changes, and technical initiatives around the Wikimedia projects.
  • Support the draft, review and maintenance of user-facing terms, disclosures, policies, FAQs and internal guidance.
  • Counsel on product, privacy, data use, consumer protection, intellectual property, accessibility, online safety and related product issues.
  • Partner with cross-functional teams to identify legal risk early and develop practical, mission-aligned solutions.
  • Monitor and help assess legal and regulatory developments that may affect Wikimedia’s projects globally.
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