CFL Speech 3

2025 — Milpitas, CA/US

CFL League Speech 3

  • Location: Milpitas High School
  • Date: Saturday, January 25, 2025

Need help during the tournament on Sunday? Email the Help Desk at coastforensicleague2@gmail.com.

Docs

Registration

  • Your school CFL membership must be completed in order to attend this tournament.
  • Entries and judges are due Thursday, January 23 @ 8 pm.
  • Entries will be taken off the waitlist after your school has fulfilled its judging obligation. 1 judge for every 4 entries. Unaffiliated judges will cover 12 entries. Please email me at eritchie@pausd.org if you have unaffiliated judges.

Schedule

Registration

7:30 – 7:50 am

Coaches must check in (NOT JUDGES) at the tabroom to confirm entries and provide contact information to ensure they’re available all day

7:45 am: Extemp reports to the Extemp Prep room for instructions.

All other students should be checking Tabroom and looking for email updates.

Round 1
8:30 am - 10:00 am

Extemp prep begins at 8:00 am

Round 2
10:30 am - 12:00 pm

Extemp prep begins at 10:15 am

Lunch
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

PM shift judges report to the library for instructions

Round 3
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm

Extemp prep begins at 1:00 pm

Breaks / Round 4

3:30 pm - 5:00 pm

Extemp prep begins at 3:15pm

Live Awards
~6:00 pm

Awards will begin as soon as round 4 ballots allow

Extemp

Prep:Covered overhangs between buildings D & E (see map)

Topic Areas:

NX

Round 1 - Foreign Policy

Round 2 - Econ

Round 3 -Social Issues

Finals - Politics

IX

Round 1 - Asia

Round 2 -Europe

Round 3 -Americas

Finals - Middle East + North Africa

Health & Wellness

If you’re feeling sick, CFL strongly prefers that you not attend the tournament to protect other participants, including people who are immunocompromised and/or live with others who are immunocompromised. Although proof of vaccination and masking are not required by CFL, masks will be provided at the tournament for those who wish to wear them. No participant will be penalized for wearing or not wearing a mask. All participants should respect each other’s health & wellness preferences, including (but not limited to) masking and social distancing.