The Honorable Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr., United States district judge for the Northern District of California, speaks to Kim Thompson, an AP English Instructor at Benicia High School in Benicia, California. Ms. Thompson and Judge Gilliam discuss her class' participation in the contest, her approach to engaging students in civics topic, and her advice to other teachers considering the contest as a class project.
For more information about the Ninth Circuit Civics Contest visit:
ca9.uscourts.gov/civicscontest/
