Legal Counsel (Fractional)

Key Information: Role: General Counsel Salary: $200 - 300/hr for independent contractor; $220,000 - $300,000 gross annual full-time salary (prorated for fractional hours) For other currencies, we use a 5-year rolling average exchange rate. Location: Fully remote. UTC-5 to UTC+2 preferred, US or UK-based preferred given their legal footprint, but flexible. Job Type: Fractional, roughly 20-24 hours/week, with room to grow as their project portfolio scales. Open to employee or independent contractor structure (employee-route preferred). Reports to: Chief Operations Officer, Carolyn Footitt Start date: As soon as possible Application Deadline: End of the day, Sunday, November 1st. Application Process: Click here to apply. About Rethink Priorities and the Position Rethink Priorities (RP) is a US 501(c)(3) research and implementation nonprofit working across global health and development, animal welfare, and reducing global catastrophic risk, including risks from advanced AI. Beyond their own research, RP acts as a fiscal sponsor — under a Model A structure — to a portfolio of independent, high-impact projects, each running its own show day to day while RP provides the legal, financial, HR, and compliance support to accelerate them towards spin-off and further impact. We are seeking a general legal counsel for the following work: Nonprofit law. Advising our US 501(c)(3) on the boundaries of charitable activity, including fiscal sponsorship (Model A) of independent projects. Contrac