New York City District Qualifier

for the 2025 National Tournament

Extemp Topics 2025

Extemp topic areas for NYC District of the NSDA:

As you know, extemp is two events for NSDA -- US Extemp (USX) and International Extemp (IX) -- separate events, separate qualifications for nationals.

Note that the topic areas below are very tentative, always subject to change (including last minute change), and the list does not reflect the round order.

We will have three preliminary rounds, for sure, and a final. Depending on the number of entries and the mathematics involved (to adhere to NSDA's rules), we could conceivably require a semi-final round.

USX

Business, Economics, and Industry

Foreign Policy and National Security

Politics, Democracy, and Social Issues

The Supreme Court, Civil Liberties, and Legal Controversies

IX

Americas and the Caribbean

Africa, Middle East, and Southwest Asia

Europe

Global Conflicts, International Organizations, Technology