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Ismail Ali

Policy & Advocacy Counsel
The Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies

As MAPS’ Director of Policy and Advocacy, Ismail advocates to eliminate barriers to psychedelic therapy and research, develops and implements legal and policy strategy, and supports MAPS’ governance, non-profit, and ethics work. Ismail earned his J.D. at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law in 2016, after receiving his bachelor’s in philosophy from California State University, Fresno. Ismail has previously worked for the ACLU of Northern California’s Criminal Justice & Drug Policy Project, and Berkeley Law’s International Human Rights Law Clinic. Ismail is passionate about setting sustainable groundwork for a just, equitable, and generative post-prohibition world.

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Events featuring Ismail Ali
Events featuring Ismail Ali