McCarley Maddock

McCarley Maddock is a Litigation Fellow at the Institute for Justice. She returns to IJ after working as a Dave Kennedy Fellow in the summer of 2021.

Originally from South Carolina, McCarley earned her J.D., cum laude, from Duke University School of Law, and her B.A. in history with a minor in constitutional studies, cum laude, from the University of Notre Dame. While in law school, she served as the managing editor of the Duke Journal of Constitutional Law and Public Policy. She also worked as a legal intern at the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty and was a Summer Law Fellow at the Fund for American Studies.

Before coming back to IJ, McCarley clerked for the Honorable Damon R. Leichty of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana.

McCarley is a member of the South Carolina bar.