EFF is looking for a copyright lawyer
EFF is seeking an intellectual property staff attorney for its legal team. Responsibilities will include litigation, public speaking, media outreach, plus legislative and regulatory advocacy, all in connection with a variety of intellectual property and high technology matters.Link (Thanks, Cindy!)Qualified candidates should have at least four years of legal experience, with knowledge in patent law and at least one other IP specialty (copyright, trademark, trade secret). Litigation experience is preferred, including significant experience managing cases, both overall case strategy and day-to-day projects and deadlines. Candidates should have good communication skills and interest in working with a team of highly motivated lawyers and activists in a hard-working nonprofit environment. Strong writing and analytical skills as well as the ability to be self-motivated and focused are essential. Tech savviness and familiarity with Internet civil liberties and high tech public interest issues preferred. This position is based in San Francisco.
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It is rare a copyright lawyer gets to do good in this world? That's absurd. There are lots of people out there who put their hard work into a copyrightable work only to have someone rip it off from them. It is totally unfair to use a particular point of view about a paritcular group of copyrighted works and their owners (such as software and the big software development houses) to paint all copyright owners and lawyers as somehow evil. It is this type of over-the-top comment that makes a lot of very good lawyers turn their back on the EFF. Grow up.
The body and the actual EFF post seem to suggest they are looking for a patent lawyer, and copyright or other IP knowledge is an added bonus. Doing good still required.