Lawyer. Writer. Speaker.

Influencing law and public policy to promote human dignity and flourishing.

Josh Craddock is an affiliated scholar with the James Wilson Institute on Natural Rights and the American Founding.

He graduated magna cum laude from the Harvard Law School, where he served as editor-in-chief of the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy. He later clerked for the Honorable Chief Judge Timothy M. Tymkovich of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.

Prior to law school, Josh managed advocacy teams for non-profit organizations at the United Nations and participated in negotiations for the Sustainable Development Goals.

Josh’s writing has appeared in the Washington Post, NewsweekNational ReviewFirst ThingsPublic DiscourseThe Stream, and Providence Magazine. His academic writing has been published in various law reviews and research journals. He has spoken on hundreds of public platforms, including for many civic and charitable organizations.

  • Josh is one of Harvard Law School’s finest, a gifted writer who bids fair to become a leading public intellectual.

    — Mary Ann Glendon
    Learned Hand Professor of Law Emerita, Harvard University

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Josh is a fifth-generation native Coloradan who lives and works in the
Denver area.

Josh is a frequent speaker for the Federalist Society, Intercollegiate Studies Institute, and other civic organizations. Contact Josh for speaking engagements and more.

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