2021 Judge Requirements and Info

Schools will be expected to provide their own judging. Should we be able to secure enough judging to staff the tournament's needs, we will fulfill what hired judge requests we can. However, no school will be allowed to hire their first judge owed in a category.

Judging Requirements

Debate (Policy, LD, PF) - 1 judge for every 2 teams or fraction thereof; Varsity judges will be one pool/obligation, JV/Novice judges will be a combined pool/obligation separate from Varsity. All debates will be single-flighted. There are no half or partial judges, though you may split an obligation between different judges on different days. 

All judges, regardless of event or division, must be competently trained/experienced in both the event they are judging and the use of tabroom.com. All judges, regardless of event or division, must have a paradigm.

Very, very experienced seniors may judge in the Novice/JV division. Please note that they are a student at registration.

Speech and Congress - 1 judge for every 5 total entries or fraction thereof. There are no half or partial judges, though you may split an obligation between different judges on different days. Judges will be assigned to either Pattern A or Pattern B on Saturday, so they will not have back-to-back time slots. All judges must be competently trained/experienced in both the event they are judging and the use of tabroom.com. All Speech and Congress judges must be adults.

Judging Obligations

All Debate judges are obligated TWO rounds past their furthest advancing competitors. Thus, all judges from a school are minimally obligated to the second elimination round, regardless of which day that falls on.

All Speech judges are obligated through Finals.

Judge Behavior

There are no tournaments without judges and we aim to treat our judges well. We expect that judges treat the tournament and all participants equally well. Judges who fail to report for assignments or who act improperly may be removed from the tournament; schools who fall below judging requirements as a result may forfeit rounds.