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2026 UCLA Invitational

October 17-18, 2026

On behalf of the UCLA Debate Union, we are pleased to invite you to this year's UCLA Invitational! The 2026 UCLA Invitational Invitation contains important details about this year's tournament.

Live schedule (subject to change):Tentative Schedule for 2026

UPDATE: We offer bids for both TOC and NIETOC in all speech events!

Judge Training: We are offering judge trainings at 7:30 PM PST Thursday, October 15th and 5:30 PM PST Friday, October 16th. These interactive training sessions will introduce judges to the events they will be adjudicating, instruct them on judging standards, note-taking, and ballot completion, and cover the common pitfalls that new judges often face. Judges who were not able to complete up to the Level 2 NSDA Judging Accreditations must attend one of the two training sessions.

Judge training zoom link: https://ucla.zoom.us/j/4662883113

Meeting ID: 466 288 3113

UPDATE (10/3/2026): We are offering judge trainings on Thursday and Friday right before the tournament for new judges. Both training sessions will offer the same material, so new judges can come to just one and receive the same information. More information will be sent later this week.

UPDATE: (10/4/2026): The Tournament Money system has been fixed. Please let us know if you experience any further issues. You may still register and use alternative payment methods such as PayPal (@DebateUnionAtUCLA) or contact our captain Angelina Tan (angelinatan@g.ucla.edu) for assistance on mailing out checks.

Contact Information:

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact any of our tournament staff:

Shreyan Jena (Tournament Director): shreyanjena@gmail.com

Kai Powell (Equity Officer): kpowell1@ucla.edu

In any email communications, please CC/Bcc tournament@debateunionatucla.com

Sincerely,

UCLA Debate Union