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The largest high school debate tournament by entry is the Glenbrooks. Students in urban debate programs participate in tournaments sponsored by local urban debate leagues or by the National Association of Urban Debate Leagues, which annually hosts a national championship in Chicago.
Carlos Maza, high school debater at Christopher Columbus High School and journalist. [85] Bo Seo, collegiate debater at Harvard University and journalist. [86] Sonia Sotomayor, high school debater and Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court [87] Elizabeth Warren, high school debater at Northwest Classen High School and U.S. Senator [88]
The Rex Copeland award, presented on the eve of the NDT, goes to the team with the best season-long performance, ranked #1 among the 16 teams with automatic bids to the tournament. [2] Rex Copeland, a debater at Samford University, was murdered by his debate coach, William Slagle, in 1989. [3]
Tournament of Champions is a national high school debate tournament held at the University of Kentucky every year in late April. To qualify, debaters need at least two bids or automatically qualify by placing high enough at last year's Tournament of Champions.
The Tournament of Champions (TOC) is a national high school speech and debate tournament held at the University of Kentucky every year in a weekend in April. Tournament of Champions is considered to be the national championship of the “National Circuit", and is one of the most prestigious and competitive American high school speech and debate tournaments.
The inaugural Harvard Debating Championships were held on October 23–24, 1981. The tournament has been held annually each year since then and has not only remained an important annual event for the HCDU, serving as the primary fundraiser and for the team, but has become the largest collegiate debate tournament in North America.
The US Universities Debating Championship (USUDC) is the largest British Parliamentary debating tournament in the United States, and one of the largest debate tournaments in the world. The event is held for college and university students attending school in the United States, and is hosted by a different university each year.
Congressional Debate (also known as Student Congress, Legislative Debate) is a competitive interscholastic high school debate event in the United States. [1] The National Speech and Debate Association (NSDA), National Catholic Forensic League (NCFL) and many state associations and national invitational tournaments offer Congressional Debate as an event.