2017 Ninth Circuit Civics Contest

1st Place Video Winner:
Joshua Riel
District of Nevada
Grade: 12

The Ninth Circuit Civics Contest is an annual essay and video competition for high school students in the western United States, Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands. "Not to Be Forgotten: Legal Lessons of the Japanese Internment" was the theme of 2017 contest, which focused on legal and societal issues related to the incarceration of Japanese-American citizens at the outset of World War II. The contest challenged students to "Consider and describe the relevance of the Japanese internment today as our nation combats terrorism." More than 1,000 students submitted essays and videos.

More information about the contest, including a complete list of winners, is available on the contest website: ca9.uscourts.gov/civicscontest

2017 Ninth Circuit Civics Contest

2nd Place Video Winners:
Tamara Sato & Emily Wu
District of Hawai'i
Grade: 11

The Ninth Circuit Civics Contest is an annual essay and video competition for high school students in the western United States, Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands. "Not to Be Forgotten: Legal Lessons of the Japanese Internment" was the theme of 2017 contest, which focused on legal and societal issues related to the incarceration of Japanese-American citizens at the outset of World War II. The contest challenged students to "Consider and describe the relevance of the Japanese internment today as our nation combats terrorism." More than 1,000 students submitted essays and videos.

More information about the contest, including a complete list of winners, is available on the contest website: ca9.uscourts.gov/civicscontest

2017 Ninth Circuit Civics Contest

3rd Place Video Winner:
Brianna Chapman
Northern District of California
Grade: 10

The Ninth Circuit Civics Contest is an annual essay and video competition for high school students in the western United States, Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands. "Not to Be Forgotten: Legal Lessons of the Japanese Internment" was the theme of 2017 contest, which focused on legal and societal issues related to the incarceration of Japanese-American citizens at the outset of World War II. The contest challenged students to "Consider and describe the relevance of the Japanese internment today as our nation combats terrorism." More than 1,000 students submitted essays and videos.

More information about the contest, including a complete list of winners, is available on the contest website: ca9.uscourts.gov/civicscontest

The Legal Lessons of the Japanese American Internment:
A discussion with United States Senior Circuit Judge Mary M. Schroeder and Professor Peter Irons.

Moderated by United States District Judge Dana M. Sabraw from the Southern District of California.

Presented by the United States District Court for the Southern District of California, in partnership with the San Diego Chapter of the Federal Bar Association and the Japanese America Bar Association.

Recorded February 10, 2017

2017 Ninth Circuit Civics Contest:
ca9.uscourts.gov/civicscontest/

On February 23, 2017, judges, lawyers, teachers and high school students gathered at the Sandra Day O’Connor United States Courthouse in Phoenix for a special program promoting the 2017 Ninth Circuit Civics Contest. The program was sponsored by the Phoenix Chapter of the Federal Bar Association. It featured a panel presentation from Senior Circuit Judge A. Wallace Tashima, Senior Circuit Judge Mary M. Schroeder, and Katheryn Nakagawa, an associate professor in the School of Social Transformation at Arizona State University. The program was entitled "Legal Lessons of the Japanese Internment: 75 Years after E.O. 9066," the presidential directive issued in 1942, which resulted in curfews and the forcible relocation of more than 100,000 people of Japanese descent to internment camps.