We are excited to share about this contest opportunity to our High School students:

The Ninth Circuit Civics Contest prompt challenges you to choose one of these enduring rights—Life, Liberty or the Pursuit of Happiness—and tell us: (i) why this right was essential in 1776, (ii) how this right impacts you, your family or your community today; and (iii) what should we do to protect or improve this right moving forward?

The 2026 Ninth Circuit Civics Contest is open to all students, grades 9-12, in public, private, parochial or charter schools, and homeschooled students of equivalent grade status in nine western states and two Pacific island jurisdictions. Contest rules will be available at https:// www.ca9.uscourts.gov/civicscontest.

Essay and video entries can be submitted on the website starting HERE. Student are responsible for entering their own submissions. Deadline to submit entries is 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time, March 6, 2026. The contest is…