2023 Ninth Circuit Civics Contest - Deadline Extended

The District of Arizona invites high school students to enter the 2023 Ninth Circuit Civics Essay and Video Contest.  A local contest within the District Arizona will be held to select three finalists in the both the essay and video competitions.  These Arizona finalists will receive prizes of $1,000, $500, and $250 and advance to the final level of the contest at the Ninth Circuit to compete for additional prizes of $3,000, $1,700, and $1,000 plus travel and accommodations to the 2023 Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference. The deadline to submit all essays and videos has been extended to Monday, March 20, 2023. Entries must be received by 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time.  The contest rules, instructions, judging criteria, past entries, and research materials are available by clicking here

The theme of this year's contest is “The 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution: What Should Our Next Amendment Be?”.  The 2023 Ninth Circuit Civics Contest news release and contest rules can be found by clicking the attachments on this page.