The American Bar Association Civil Rights and Social Justice Section will sponsor a high school civil rights film competition as part of its 60th anniversary celebration year.
Through “Lights, Camera, Justice! What Civil Rights Means to Me — Breaking Barriers and Justice for All,” high school juniors and seniors will be invited to share their voices, visions, experiences and creativity through the art of film.
The videos should be five to eight minutes in the form of a documentary, narrative, animation, spoken word, fiction or music video.
All completed entries for the 2026 High School Civil Rights Film Competition must be received by 11:59 p.m. PDT on May 1, 2026, online at www.americanbar.org/groups/crsj/about/initiatives/high-school-civil-rights-film-competition/?login.
Winners will be notified by email by July 1, 2026, and announced at the ABA Annual Meeting in August in Chicago. The competition will be judged by a panel of judges including representatives of the film community, legal community, general public and others appointed at the discretion of the ABA. Films will be viewed by judges independently.
The list of winners will be available on the section homepage located at www.ambar.org/crsj.
All decisions made by the judges are final.
Prizes will be awarded as follows:
• First Place: $5,000 cash prize
• Second Place: $3,000 cash prize
• Third Place: $2,000 cash prize
Through “Lights, Camera, Justice! What Civil Rights Means to Me — Breaking Barriers and Justice for All,” high school juniors and seniors will be invited to share their voices, visions, experiences and creativity through the art of film.
The videos should be five to eight minutes in the form of a documentary, narrative, animation, spoken word, fiction or music video.
All completed entries for the 2026 High School Civil Rights Film Competition must be received by 11:59 p.m. PDT on May 1, 2026, online at www.americanbar.org/groups/crsj/about/initiatives/high-school-civil-rights-film-competition/?login.
Winners will be notified by email by July 1, 2026, and announced at the ABA Annual Meeting in August in Chicago. The competition will be judged by a panel of judges including representatives of the film community, legal community, general public and others appointed at the discretion of the ABA. Films will be viewed by judges independently.
The list of winners will be available on the section homepage located at www.ambar.org/crsj.
All decisions made by the judges are final.
Prizes will be awarded as follows:
• First Place: $5,000 cash prize
• Second Place: $3,000 cash prize
• Third Place: $2,000 cash prize
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