Virtual house counsel, paying job, for Wikipedia

From: Florence Devouard <Anthere9-/[email protected]>
Date: Mar 25, 2007 11:50 PM
Subject: [Foundation-l] Job position: legal coordinator

The Wikimedia Foundation is seeking a legal coordinator to handle the
day-to-day legal needs of the Foundation and to coordinate outside help. The
position can be either a full-time or part-time position, and either
telecommuting or office-based. Please apply with CV or resume attached to
jobs AT wikimedia.org with subject line "Legal Coordinator".

Application deadline: 7th of april

All candidates will be notified of the hiring decision via email by  20th of
april at most.

Responsibilities

-- Coordinate pro bono help, international legal services, legal interns,
assistance from the project communities, and
outside counsel as necessary

-- Answer legal requests that come in to the OTRS system and by phone

-- Handle day-to-day legal needs of the Foundation, such as contracts

-- Evaluate Foundation policies and operating procedures for compliance with
relevant laws

-- Assist Executive Director with operational tasks as needed

-- Assist Board of Trustees with legal concerns as needed

Requirements

-- Licensed to practice law in any U.S. state

-- Ability to make occasional travel to St. Petersburg,

-- Florida and to other meetings as needed Strong commitment to
organizational values of the Wikimedia Foundation

-- Strong communication skills

-- Familiarity with the variety of legal issues facing the Wikimedia

-- Foundation (knowledge about intellectual property law, contract law,libel
and personality rights especially helpful)


Florence Devouard
Wikimedia Foundation chair



-/-/-/-/-/

There is a read/write Web page with resources that will be linked there and used during the Seminar on PDFs for lawyers and legal applications:

http://Network-Lawyers.org/PDFLinks

-/-/-/-/-/


 
Yahoo! Groups Links

<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Network-Lawyers/

<*> Your email settings:
    Individual Email | Traditional

<*> To change settings online go to:
    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Network-Lawyers/join
    (Yahoo! ID required)

<*> To change settings via email:
    mailto:[email protected] 
    mailto:Network-Lawyers-fullfeatured-hHKSG33TihhbjbujkaE4pw@public.gmane.org

<*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
    Network-Lawyers-unsubscribe-hHKSG33TihhbjbujkaE4pw@public.gmane.org

<*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:
    http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/