Ishmael Maxwell
JD, Yale Law School
Ishmael Maxwell is an incoming 1L at Yale Law School. Prior to law school, he worked as a Senior Associate at Macro Advisory Partners in London, advising clients on trade agreements, tariff regimes, and the geopolitics of export controls and sanctions, as well as directing the firm's India research. A Marshall Scholar, Ishmael holds graduate degrees from the University of Oxford and Queen's University Belfast. He graduated summa cum laude from Carleton College.
How will the NCITD Scholarship help support you in your studies/prepare for your career?
The NCITD Scholarship offers me a foothold in the trade community at the moment I am transitioning from advising on trade policy to studying the law that shapes it. I am especially excited to learn from NCITD members about the substantive issues they are working on in this dynamic space and the career paths that led them there.
Where do you see yourself in 5 to 10 years?
In 5 to 10 years, I see myself building a career that moves between US government service and the international trade practice at a law firm. My goal is to work on international trade agreements, tariff actions, and export controls across both sides of the field.
More About Me:
I have nearly three years of client-facing experience in international trade at Macro Advisory Partners, advising multinational clients on Sections 232 and 301 tariff actions, the EU-India and US-India trade agreements, US-China competition, and US export controls. I am interested in 1L and 2L summer opportunities at trade law firms, USTR, the Department of Commerce, the International Trade Commission, and the Treasury Department, and aspire to a post-graduate clerkship at the US Court of International Trade.