Legal Counsel
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
Salary90,572 - 137,155 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.
- Ability to complete projects independently.
- Ability to learn on the job, spot issues, and think fast.
- Comfortable in a highly collaborative, multicultural, transparent environment.
- Ability to assess and manage complex risks.
Responsibilities
- Advise 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 Wikimedia’s projects globally.
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