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Today’s students are tomorrow’s clerks, lawyers and judges, but they are not being taught the real truth about abuse by the Administrative State. That’s why NCLA offers a variety of opportunities and resources for students with a passion for defending civil liberties!

Win $10,000 for Your Student Note

NCLA President Mark Chenoweth presents Alexander Phipps of the Scalia Law School with the Student Note Award at NCLA’s King George III Award Ceremony on June 10, 2025.

The annual NCLA Student Note Contest awards a prize of $10,000 for the best student note or comment related to a theme, such as outstanding administrative law questions following the Court’s decision in Loper Bright/RelentlessJarkesy, and Corner Post or government overreach as a response to public health crises. To be considered, a submission must have been chosen for publication by a law review or similar journal at an accredited law school in the US. The $10,000 prize will be split evenly between the student who wrote the note and the journal that published it. The next submission deadline is May 1, 2026. Enter now!

Submissions are now open, and this year’s competition will focus on how litigants can achieve effective, broad-based relief in the post-Trump v. CASA, Inc. era. Are class actions, APA vacatur, or state-led litigation viable substitutes—or do they fall short? How should courts define “complete relief” when systemic violations are at stake? And what strategies can ensure national uniformity when fragmented rulings threaten fairness and access to justice?

Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Antonin Scalia defended civil liberties from opposite ends of the jurisprudential spectrum. Their legendary friendship glowed as a beacon of collegiality in a world increasingly clouded by partisan rancor. To perpetuate their legacy and foster a culture of civility, the New Civil Liberties Alliance founded the Ginsburg-Scalia Fellowship, a prestigious summer program for select law students exploring the denial of our core constitutional rights—freedom of expression, freedom of association, religious liberty, due process, jury trial, and freedom from unreasonable search—by the Administrative State.

Fellows who complete the program receive an honorarium of $1,000.

Apply Now!

The 2025 Ginsburg-Scalia Fellows with NCLA President Mark Chenoweth, Professor Ilya Somin, and the Honorable Ronald A. Cass at the Hamburger-Frankfurter Debate in Washington, D.C.

NCLA provides more hands-on experience litigation experience than most other summer programs. Spend your time as a summer associate, performing legal research and drafting legal analysis on constitutional cases for real clients. See your work incorporated into appellate briefs, district court filings, and more! Plus, the summer in DC will offer you the chance to meet judges, government officials, and respected legal practitioners. See what our clerks and interns have to say about their experience.

Title IX College Kangaroo Courts Ruin Lives

If you study or work at a government-funded college and you are on the receiving end of a Title IX complaint, don’t expect justice to be served. Especially if you’ve been wrongfully accused. The New Civil Liberties Alliance is fighting for full and fair opportunity for people accused to challenge the validity of the charges filed against them. NCLA is suing these universities for violations of due process, and also has sued the Department of Education for forcing these universities to adopt such an unfair process. NCLA currently represents former faculty members Alyssa Reid against James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Dr. Mukund Vengalattore against Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.

Book us to address the most pressing civil liberties issues of our time with your club or school.

The Sharpie and Phone Presidency: Executive Power Redux?

By: Kara Rollins

August 14, 2025

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SCOTUS Restores the 7th Amendment Right to a Jury Trial

SEC v. Jarkesy is one of the biggest SCOTUS cases of this term. The Wall Street Journal called it "a blow to regulators that could have ripple effects across the U.S. government." This decision revives one of the most important…

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Jennifer Sey's Fight to Reclaim Title IX, Protecting Women's Sports and Spaces

Jennifer Sey went from national champion gymnast in 1986 to being vilified 22 years later for blowing the whistle on the rampant abuse in national women's gymnastics. Ten years later, she lost her job as a top executive at Levi's…

The King George III Prize

FOR THE WORST ABUSERS OF CIVIL LIBERTIES

The New Civil Liberties Alliance is proud to announce the annual King George III Prize – a campaign to call attention to the most egregious violations of our basic civil liberties by highlighting the people and institutions responsible for those abuses. In many cases, especially where the Administrative State is involved, the perpetrators are unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats protected by byzantine layers of regulatory process. Their violations are often hidden from public view, obfuscated by a lack of notice, circumvention of due process, and a damnably incurious press.

But no more! The King George III Prize is here to shine the light of transparency on these constitutional misdeeds! They say sunlight is the best disinfectant. Look on these execrable works, ye reader, and despise!

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