Judging Requirements

Judging Requirements

We ask that all schools do their best to fulfill their judging requirement.We don’t really have a reservoir of judges to pull from so please do what you can to fulfill your obligation. Please be sure to include all judge restrictions such as school blocks or division restrictions.

Judging requirements are as follows:

Lincoln-Douglas:1 judge for every 2 competitors or every part thereof.

Policy:1 judge for every 2 teams or every part thereof.

Public Forum:1 judge for every 2 teams or every part thereof.

Middle School Public Forum:1 judge for every 2 teams or every part thereof.

Individual Events:1 judge for every 6 competitors or every part thereof.

Student Congress:1 judge for every 8 competitors or every part thereof.

A very limited amount of judges will be available for hire at the following rates:

Lincoln-Douglas: $200

Policy: We are not offering any hired Policy judges at this time – teams MUST fulfill their obligation.

Public Forum:$150

Individual Events:$150

Congress:$150

The last day to hire judges will be Monday, January 16^th.