法律研究员（2027年春季）
Legal Fellow (Spring 2027)
简介
如果你是一名法学院在校生或应届毕业生，对自由知识和开源问题充满热情，申请我们的法律实习项目将为你提供一个深入的内部体验，包括在互联网法和自由知识组织领域的具体教育和培训。
职位描述
基金会面临各种法律问题，从复杂的版权问题到国际言论自由，再到移动开发和内部公司合规。由于涉及的法律问题范围广泛，法律实习生将根据其特定的兴趣和优势被分配具有挑战性的项目。这些项目包括研究各种法律问题、起草许可协议以及制定内部和外部政策。
每位实习生都将获得个性化的项目，并在法律部门律师的监督和指导下主导这些项目。
实习生将与指导律师密切合作——参加并参与内部和外部会议，协作完成项目，获得反馈和支持，并总体了解在基于网络的公司内部执业的实际方面。
当有机会时，法律部门将与实习生的大学合作，协助其获得学术学分和/或获得实习期间的资金支持。
秋季和春季实习持续18周，夏季实习持续12周。
要求
- 对维基媒体基金会的自由知识使命充满热情和承诺，包括对自由文化问题、数字权利、开源软件、知识共享许可等的兴趣。
- 具有良好的幽默感，并能在快节奏、多任务处理的环境中表现出色，能够快速完成任务。
- 具有求知欲和灵活性，喜欢以创造性的方法解决困难和模糊的问题。有较强研究背景的候选人优先考虑。
- 有与大型在线用户社区合作的经验（或至少有此意愿）。有使用维基或维基媒体项目的经验者优先考虑。
- 能够在一个高度透明和协作的环境中茁壮成长，并与具有多样人口和文化特征的团队一起工作。会多语言者是加分项！
- 出色的写作能力，能够适应不同的沟通需求。
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Summary
If you’re a current law student or recent law school graduate passionate about free knowledge and open source issues, applying to our legal fellowship program can provide an immersive in-house experience with specific education and training in the areas of Internet law and free knowledge organizations.
Description
The Foundation faces a myriad of legal issues ranging from complex copyright questions to international freedom of expression to mobile development to internal corporate compliance. Because of the wide array of legal issues, legal fellows will be assigned challenging projects based on their particular interests and strengths. These projects range from researching various legal questions to drafting licensing agreements to developing internal and external policies.
Each fellow will receive individualized projects that they will be expected to spearhead under the supervision and guidance of an attorney from the Legal Department.
Fellows will work closely with their supervising attorney - attending and participating in internal and external meetings, collaborating on projects, receiving feedback and support, and generally learning about the practical dimensions of practicing law in-house at a web-based company.
When the opportunity exists, the Legal Department will work with a fellow's university to facilitate earning academic credits and/or receiving funding for the fellow's time at the Wikimedia Foundation.
Fall and Spring fellowships have a duration of 18 weeks. Summer fellowships have a duration of 12 weeks.
Requirements
- High energy for and commitment to the Wikimedia Foundation's free knowledge mission, including an interest in free culture issues, digital rights, open source software, Creative Commons licensing, etc.
- A good sense of humor and the ability to excel in a fast-paced, multitasking environment that demands fast turn-arounds.
- Intellectual curiosity and flexibility that makes them enjoy tackling difficult and ambiguous problems in creative ways. Candidates with strong research backgrounds are preferred.
- Experience working with large online user communities (or at least the desire to). Candidates with experience with wikis or Wikimedia projects are preferred.
- The ability to flourish in a highly transparent and collaborative environment and work on a team with diverse demographic and cultural characteristics. Multilingual candidates are a plus!
- Excellent writing skills that can be adapted to communicate complex legal concepts to a large audience with varying (or no) backgrounds in law. Candidates with experience and/or coursework in drafting agreements and/or policies are preferred.
- Completed coursework in some or all of the following areas of law: internet law, freedom of expression (domestic and international), intellectual property, contract drafting, international law, privacy, data security, and/or licensing. While coursework in these areas is not required, students who have experience in these areas are heavily preferred.
Pluses
- Being a Wikimedian! (Please share your username in your cover letter.)
About the Wikimedia Foundation
The Wikimedia Foundation 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. We believe that everyone has the potential to contribute something to our shared knowledge, and that everyone should be able to access that knowledge freely. We host Wikipedia and the Wikimedia projects, build software experiences for reading, contributing, and sharing Wikimedia content, support the volunteer communities and partners who make Wikimedia possible, and advocate for policies that enable Wikimedia and free knowledge to thrive.
The Wikimedia Foundation is a charitable, not-for-profit organization that relies on donations. We receive donations from millions of individuals around the world, with an average donation of about $15. We also receive donations through institutional grants and gifts. The Wikimedia Foundation is a United States 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization with offices in San Francisco, California, USA.
As an equal opportunity employer, the Wikimedia Foundation values having a diverse workforce and continuously strives to maintain an inclusive and equitable workplace. We encourage people with a diverse range of backgrounds to apply. We do not discriminate against any person based upon their race, traits historically associated with race, religion, color, national origin, sex, pregnancy or related medical conditions, parental status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristics.
The Wikimedia Foundation is a remote-first organization with staff members including contractors based 40+ countries*. Salaries at the Wikimedia Foundation are set in a way that is competitive, equitable, and consistent with our values and culture. The anticipated annual pay range of this position for applicants based within the United States is US$37.42 /hourly to US$45.6 /hourly with multiple individualized factors, including cost of living in the location, being the determinants of the offered pay. 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. The compensation for a successful applicant will be based on their skills, experience and location.
*Please note that we are currently able to hire in the following:
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 (*US Territory or Federal District)
Countries: Brazil, Canada, Colombia, France, Germany, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Italy, Kenya*, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Singapore*, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Our non-US employees are hired through a local third party Employer of Record (EOR) and must have current work authorization in their location. (*citizens/permanent residents only)
We periodically review this list to streamline to ensure alignment with our hiring requirements.
All applicants can reach out to their recruiter to understand more about the specific pay range for their location during the interview process.
If you are a qualified applicant requiring assistance or an accommodation to complete any step of the application process due to a disability, you may contact us at recruiting@wikimedia.org or +1 (415) 839-6885.
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