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Legal Fellow

United States of America Contract work 36.00 - 44.00 USD / Hour · Job Posted January 07, 2026

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Job Description

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.

Job Responsibility

  • Assigned challenging projects based on their particular interests and strengths
  • Researching various legal questions
  • Drafting licensing agreements
  • Developing internal and external policies
  • Spearheading individualized projects under the supervision and guidance of an attorney
  • Attending and participating in internal and external meetings
  • Collaborating on projects

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
  • Experience working with large online user communities (or at least the desire to)
  • The ability to flourish in a highly transparent and collaborative environment and work on a team with diverse demographic and cultural characteristics
  • Excellent writing skills that can be adapted to communicate complex legal concepts to a large audience with varying (or no) backgrounds in law
  • 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

Nice to have

  • Candidates with strong research backgrounds are preferred
  • Candidates with experience with wikis or Wikimedia projects are preferred
  • Multilingual candidates are a plus
  • Candidates with experience and/or coursework in drafting agreements and/or policies are preferred
  • Being a Wikimedian

What we offer

Work with a fellow's university to facilitate earning academic credits and/or receiving funding

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