Sydney Bennett

Recent law school graduate admitted to the Missouri Bar, a driven and motivated attorney with a strong aptitude for research and writing. Experience in research and writing includes a two-year tenure as a law clerk (drafting various legal documents in numerous areas of law), participating in an Advanced Legal Research course in law school (producing six comprehensive papers on the broad subject of psychedelic regulation), and an extensive independent research study (analyzing the Veterans Affairs’ mental healthcare system and proposing reform).

Deeply passionate about helping people obtain access to psychedelic-assisted therapy, while ensuring proper regulatory compliance within this emerging and ever-evolving industry.

Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS), Virtual Trip Project 

Transcript Editor (September—October 2023):

In this role, I reviewed numerous video recordings from the Psychedelic Science Conference that took place in Denver in June 2023. I was commissioned to edit/correct AI-formulated transcripts throughout my review of these recordings, and was required to continuously communicate with team leads of the project regarding progress and completion of assignments. While I reviewed recordings ranging in topics, my particularized knowledge of psychedelic policy warranted the bulk of assignments focused on policy.

MAPS, Psychedelic Science Conference 

Policy Panel Volunteer (June 2023):

In this role, I was situated at the Policy Stage for the duration of the Psychedelic Science Conference. Throughout the conference, I was required to take notes on each speaker’s presentations. At conclusion of the conference, I was tasked with drafting coherent, comprehensive summaries from the notes I had taken during each presentation. These summaries were created for, and provided to, MAPS's Director of Policy and Advocacy for use/review.