2022 Ninth Circuit Civics Contest
A civics contest organized by the federal courts of the western United States offers high school students a chance to win cash prizes.
“The First Amendment and the Schoolhouse Gate: Students’ Free Speech Rights” is the theme of a civics contest focusing on these important issues. The contest is sponsored by the Ninth Circuit Public Information and Community Outreach Committee (PICO). The contest is open to high school students in the Ninth Circuit (made up of nine western states and two Pacific Island jurisdictions). Students from public, private, parochial and charter schools and home-schooled students of equivalent grade status may enter. Children of federal judges, chambers staff, and employees of federal court offices are not eligible to participate. Entries will be accepted beginning January 17, 2022. The deadline for entries is 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time on March 18, 2022.
Contest rules are available at: https://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/civicscontest.
The United States District Court for the District of the Northern Mariana Islands will conduct a local contest to select finalists for the circuit-wide competition. The top three finishers in the essay and video competitions at the local level will go on to compete in the circuit-wide contest. Students must reside in the Northern Mariana Islands. For more information about the district contest, please contact Daniel Brown at (670) 237-1200 / daniel_brown@nmid.uscourts.gov.
Download 2022 Civics Contest Rules
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