Join Wikimedia in our collaborative project to empower people worldwide to create and share the sum of all human knowledge. Wikimedia’s legal team advises the nonprofit that hosts Wikipedia and other free educational projects. Being a Wikimedia lawyer means working collaboratively and solving problems that no one has thought about before. We are looking for an attorney with experience advising on a range of legal topics, as well as managing other attorneys. They should have strong leadership skills and a passion for the Wikimedia mission.
We’d like you to do these things:
Defend free knowledge consistent with the Wikimedia Guiding Principles.
Be a leader within the organization, advising both the general counsel and executive management.
Assist the general counsel in overseeing all legal team activities, as well as shaping the organization's legal infrastructure and strategy
Mentor, oversee, and help develop junior members of the team.
Manage the inbound and outbound contracts process for the organization, including overseeing the contracts team, and advising staff with Wikimedia’s unique objectives, values, and risks in mind.
Conduct complex contract negotiations and review.
Provide corporate governance advice and support in all areas relevant to a 501(c)(3) organization.
Draft and advise on relevant internal and external policies.
Support our Talent and Culture team with regards to domestic and international employment and contractor relations, employment law, and immigration law.
We’d like you to have these skills:
Authorized to practice law in the State of California (either as an active member of the California Bar or by qualifying as registered in-house counsel).
7+ years experience practicing law, with some experience with transactional work, contract review, and providing in-house legal advice. Experience at a web-based company or advising on technical products, intellectual property, privacy and security, or internet law questions is highly preferred.
Experience in leadership and management positions.
Commitment to the Wikimedia Foundation’s free knowledge mission, including free culture, open source software, Creative Commons, and freedom of expression.
Fluency communicating complex topics both clearly and succinctly, in writing and orally, to expert and non-expert audiences alike.
Dedicated, hardworking, passionate, and detail-oriented.
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.
And it would be even more awesome if you have this:
Experience 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.
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