Apply Now: Paid Legal Fellowship Program (Fall 2024) For Law Students at Wikimedia Foundation Remote

Remote paid fellowship for law students or law graduates in 40 possible locations including 6 African countries : Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Egypt, Uganda and South Africa.

LINK TO APPLY

https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/5947176

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 speech issues to mobile development to internal corporate compliance. Because of the wide array of legal issues, the 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 - atte and participating in internal and external meetings, collabora projects, receiving feedback and support, and generally learning.

REQUIREMENTS

• High energy for and commitment to the Wikimedia Foundation's free knowledge mission, including an interest in free culture issues, open source software, Creative Commons licensing, etc.

• A very good sense of humor and the ability to excel in a fast- paced, multitasking environment that demands fast turn-around.

• Intellectual curiosity and flexibility that makes them enjoy tackling difficult and ambiguous problems in creative ways. Students with strong research backgrounds are preferred.

• Experience working with large online user communities (or at least the desire to). Students 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 students (especially German, French, and/or Italian) 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. Students 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 speech (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.