Judging

Judging Requirements

We ask that all schools do their best to fulfill their judging requirement.  We don’t really have a reservoir of judges to pull from so please do what you can to fulfill your obligation.  Please be sure to include all judge restrictions such as school blocks or division restrictions.  Schools are required to provide judging up to ONE (1) round past their teams’ final drop.  We reserve the right to use available judges in other judging pools, as necessary.  We’ll definitely ask before we shove you somewhere else, but watch the other event postings to be safe!  Judging requirements are as follows:

Lincoln-Douglas:         1 judge for every 2 competitors or every part thereof.

Policy:                         1 judge for every 2 teams or every part thereof.  Judge

                                     obligation must be fulfilled.

 Public Forum:              1 judge for every 2 teams or every part thereof.

 Individual Events:        1 judge for every 6 competitors or every part thereof.

 Student Congress:        1 judge for every 8 competitors or every part thereof.

 A very limited amount of judges will be available for hire at the following rates:

 Lincoln-Douglas:        $200

 Policy:                         Unavailable; must be covered by school.  Varsity students are 

                                      allowed to judge Novice rounds.

 Public Forum:             $150

 Individual Events:       $150

 Congress:                    $150

 The last day to hire judges will be Sunday, November 5^th, 2017.