Divisions & Topics

DIVISIONS

Novice -- Novices are in their first year of debate competition, regardless of the debate event.

JV -- These debaters are in their second year of high school debate competition, regardless of the debate event. We will also accept middle schoolers in their third year of competition in this division.

TOPICS

Policy will debate -- Resolved: The United States federal government should enact substantial criminal justice reform in the United States in one or more of the following: forensic science, policing, sentencing.

Public Forum will debate -- Resolved: On balance, the benefits of urbanization in West Africa outweigh the harms.

Lincoln Douglas will debate -- Resolved: States ought to ban lethal autonomous weapons.