Civics Outreach with YMCA's Youth In Government

In June/July 2019, Judge Fowlkes, Judge Lipman, Judge Parker, Magistrate Judge Pham, and Magistrate Judge Claxton assisted several high school students from the Memphis and Nashville areas taking part in the YMCA's Youth in Government program as they prepared for the organization's National Judicial Competition being held in Chicago during which they will present oral arguments to a model U.S. Supreme Court. Such mentorship culminated with the students visiting the Federal Building for a practice session on July 23, 2019, presided over by Judge Fowlkes, Judge Lipman, Magistrate Judge Pham, and Magistrate Judge Claxton.

The students practice their oral arguments in front of a panel of U.S. District Judges and U.S. Magistrate Judges (from left to right: Magistrate Judge Claxton, District Judge Lipman, District Judge Fowlkes, and Magistrate Judge Pham).