PUDL National Qualifier
2025 — Portland, OR/US
Policy-- open to PUDL schools
Event Description:
PUDL National Qualifier
PUDL will send two teams to the Urban Debate League National Championship. This tournament is the qualifying event for team selection to Nationals.
Teams must consist of students who attend the same school. Qualifiers must have participated in at least
two tournaments during the current academic year (not necessarily as a pair).
Students will debate the national high school policy debate topic for 2024-25
Resolved: The United States federal government should significantly strengthen its protection of
domestic intellectual property rights in copyrights, patents, and/or trademarks.
Tournament rounds will follow the 8-3-5 cross-examination debate format with 8 minutes of preparation
time allocated to each team during the debate.
Rounds 1 and 2 will be randomly set, before moving to elimination rounds.