Job Description
Legal Counsel
The Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit home of Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons, and other free educational projects, serves as the hub of a global movement of hundreds of thousands of contributors collaborating to collect and share the sum of all human knowledge with the world. Our Legal team counsels the Foundation as they create tools and features for Wikipedia, secure the websites, and collaborate with volunteer developers to design and build the future of the projects. We are looking for a junior to mid-career attorney with interest and experience in matters relating to product and privacy counseling to join our in-house legal department as Legal Counsel, reporting to the Associate General Counsel.
Advising 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 Wikimed...
The Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit home of Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons, and other free educational projects, serves as the hub of a global movement of hundreds of thousands of contributors collaborating to collect and share the sum of all human knowledge with the world. Our Legal team counsels the Foundation as they create tools and features for Wikipedia, secure the websites, and collaborate with volunteer developers to design and build the future of the projects. We are looking for a junior to mid-career attorney with interest and experience in matters relating to product and privacy counseling to join our in-house legal department as Legal Counsel, reporting to the Associate General Counsel.
Advising 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 Wikimed...
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- Location remote, united states
- Job Type Full-time
- Category Other-General
- Posted Date June 29, 2026
- Application Deadline August 08, 2026