Peninsula Invitational
2025 — Rolling Hills Estates, CA/US
Debate topics
The policy topic is “Resolved: The United States federal government should significantly strengthen its protection of domestic intellectual property rights in copyrights, patents, and/or trademarks.”
The LD topic will be the January/February topic, announced 12/1/2024.
The Public Forum will be the January topic, announced 12/1/2024.
Parli topic areas:
- The Middle East
- Protest
- Statehood
- Artificial Intelligence
- Pre-College Education
- Rehabilitation and Restitution
- Current California Politics
- Global Trade
- Media
- Electric Vehicles
- Food Policy
The packet with Congressional legislation will be available on penvitational.tabroom.com on December 20.
Locations
Palos Verdes High School Peninsula HS Torrance Marriott Redondo BeachContacts
Gordon KraussGeneral Info
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PDT
Tournament Dates
Jan 11
to
Jan 13
2025
Registration Opens
Wed Oct 2 at 2:00 PM
Registration Closes
Mon Jan 6 at 5:00 PM
Fees Freeze After
Wed Jan 1 at 5:00 PM
Judge Information Due
Tue Jan 7 at 11:55 PM
Drop online until
Tue Jan 7 at 11:55 PM
Change fees apply after
Sat Jan 11 at 11:55 PM
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