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What a week our NJC 2017 participants had in the Windy City!  Check out the images and testimonials below to learn more about our delegates' and volunteers' experiences.  Texas YG has enjoyed a great summer attending national conferences and can't wait for our more local District and State Conferences [...]

The National Judicial Conference officially kicked off yesterday and our Texas Delegates have stayed busy since. The students have finished their first two rounds of competition that began at 9AM this morning. After lunch they will begin their third round of competition at the Everett McKinley Dirksen United States Courthouse and the Chicago [...]

Hi from your Texas YG NJC delegates!  NJC kicked off last night with an opening ceremony that featured a Chicago-style improv show and Houston delegates Hannah and Ashley Kenison sharing the thought for the day. Students have now launched into their rounds of trials and hearings.  Delegates compete [...]

As the end of summer approaches each year, the YMCA and the American Bar Association partner to host the National Judicial Competition (NJC) in Chicago, IL.  This Appellate and Trial Court contest brings together high-performing teams from State Conferences around the country for two and a half days of courtroom [...]

Between cheering on Jared Bouloy's and Keilan Lewis' passing proposals at the Washburn General Assembly and rooting for Youth Governor Sharif Long and pro intent speaker Noelle Mitchell at Thursday afternoon's Plenary Session (livestream here http://ustre.am/1wFY7), students had a chance to take advantage of the beautiful and historic location of the [...]

Hello again from CONA!  We had a fantastic Independence Day celebration here in the Blue Ridge Mountains.  Proposals written by seven of our students (Jessie Searles, Keilan Lewis, Dani Smith, Noelle Mitchell, Jared Bouloy, Anastasia Sotiropoulos, and Youth Governor Sharif Long) were heard and debated in Third Committee Hearings.  We [...]

Hello from the Blue Ridge Mountains!  Texas YG is thrilled to have kicked off the Conference on National Affairs (CONA) with our delegation of 25 outstanding students.  After training in Austin Friday night, the delegation arrived at the beautiful YMCA [...]

Hello YG'ers Congratulations to all on the completion of the 2016-2017 school year...it's summertime!  We hope you all have a safe and enjoyable summer and stay connected with us via social media to get updates on fall program registration as well as national conferences like CONA (coming up in 2 [...]

Thank you to all who submitted an application to attend the Conference on National Affairs (CONA) Our selection committee was challenged to select the 25 2017 Texas Delegates. Congratulations to those YG Students who were selected! For those considering applying next year, you are encouraged to reach out to CONA alumni [...]

Texas Youth and Government Students, the CONA application deadline has been extended until midnight on Thursday (3/23/17) this week. If you started an application and did not finish, please log in to complete it. Do not wait! Adult recommendation forms will still be due 3/31/17. We look forward to reviewing [...]

Calling all High School Texas Youth and Government Participants: The deadline to apply to be a Texas delegate at the upcoming Conference On National Affairs is in only 3 days! We want to encourage any interested student to apply for this wonderful opportunity. CONA is a unique chance for our [...]