National Association for Urban Debate Leagues

It was an exceptional night kicking off I RESOLVE in our nation's capital with the Washington Urban Debate League - WUDL

Live from I RESOLVE!

Hey, dont forget! Our first I RESOLVE Event of the school year is TONIGHT! Stop by Planet Word Museum this evening at 6:30PM to hear clever debates and inviting words from our amazing panelists. It's going to be an event you wont want to miss!

https://bit.ly/IRESOLVEDC

We are 1 WEEK AWAY from I RESOLVE DC! We have an awesome line-up of panelists and could not be more thrilled to host Rep. Jamie Raskin, Bruce Spiva, and Dorian Warren to our debate stage. Come out next week Monday to hear some insightful words and astute debates on election reform!

https://bit.ly/IRESOLVEDC

Check out this awesome piece from Above the Law on our former board chair Stuart Singer and his work supporting urban debate and National Association for Urban Debate Leagues!

Managing Partner’s Dedication To Giving Students The Opportunities That Shaped His Career A lot of lawyers started out in competitive debate. Stuart Singer spent the last several years working to keep that option alive at overlooked schools.

We are 4 short days away from the first I RESOLVE event! Join us in Washington to hear the solutions Washington Urban Debate League - WUDL students will advocate for in front of our expert panelists Rep. Jamie Raskin, Bruce Spiva, and Dorian Warren as we explore the timely topic of election reform!

https://bit.ly/IRESOLVEDC

"The conversations I hear among debaters, past and present, are conversations that are intellectual and relational, and that alone makes debate an investment that can not ... ever be measured." - Former Debate Coach & Minnesota First Lady Gwen Walz at Minnesota Urban Debate League's Mayor's Challenge. We could not agree more!

We are 1 WEEK AWAY from I RESOLVE DC! We have an awesome line-up of panelists and could not be more thrilled to host Rep. Jamie Raskin, Bruce Spiva, and Dorian Warren to our debate stage. Come out next week Monday to hear some insightful words and astute debates on election reform!

https://bit.ly/IRESOLVEDC

debaters show up like news anchors in this amazing feature!

Young Hispanic voters give their insight to 2024 election Abby Alfonso and Izabelle Urbay joined CBS News Miami to discuss what's on young Hispanic voters' minds as they prepare to head to the polls in November.

We are just 10 days away from our first I RESOLVE event of the school year! Join us on Monday, September 23rd at 6:30PM to hear what Washington Urban Debate League - WUDL debaters have to say on election reform. Special thanks to our Series Sponsor The Asia Group Foundation for its support of this event. Join us at Planet Word Museum in TEN DAYS!

https://bit.ly/IRESOLVEDC

If you're debating the IP topic these upcoming workshops are a great opportunity to learn more about the topic from experts in IP Law! The first workshop is next Wednesday, register now!

Prepare for the 2024-25 National Debate Topic | Lemelson Debate Prep Webinar Series Intellectual Property in Focus: What is it? Who is it for?The TopicThe national high school debate topic for the 2024-2025 school year is:Resolved: The United States federal government should significantly strengthen its protection of domestic intellectual property (IP) ri...

This is exciting news for Debater Hub! we cant wait to continue to collaborate with John Hines, Devin Gonier and the National Speech & Debate Association on ways AI can help students learn debate!

Congratulations on your feature, Chloe! We love to see our debaters in action and celebrated in areas outside of debate to further the narrative that debate programs offer so much more than an after school activity! In case you missed it, check out this great feature from KRON 4 News showcasing Silicon Valley Urban Debate League: SVUDL debater and former 2023 I RESOLVE participant, Chloe Truong.

First-year policy student makes history as debate & speech champion SVUDL Student & Debate and Speech Champion Chloe Truong joined host Jessica Wills to chat about making history being the first ever first-year Policy student...

With a start to September comes the start of school for some of our leagues! We are anxiously awaiting the kickoff to the 2024-2025 debate season and are looking forward to hearing arguments from our brilliant debaters!

Welcome back to school Boston Debate League, New York City Urban Debate League, Portland Urban Debate League, and Sacramento Urban Debate League - SUDL!

Would your college or university be interested in hosting the 2027 Urban Debate National Championship? Our bid process is open now! Learn more & submit your application below✨

Invite qualifiers from across the Urban Debate Network to your campus by hosting the UDNC in April 2027. Swipe to scan the QR code and submit your application by December 15th!

https://bit.ly/UDNC27HOST

As August comes to a close, the doors to school are opening! Welcome back to school, debaters. We are thrilled to see you all in this year's tournaments.

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We hope all of your debate seasons are off to a Beary Good start just like the Dallas Urban Debate Alliance 🐻🐼🐨🐻‍❄️

Looking forward to a “beary good” debate season in 2024-25! We start the year with our Coach Workshop on August 24th!

Wishing all of you a beary good year!!!

Welcome back debaters! Tournaments are just around the corner and our partner leagues are heading back to school. Best of luck for the 2024-25 school year!

Denver Urban Debate League Bay Area Urban Debate League (BAUDL) Tulsa Debate League

With summer break coming to a close, debate tournaments are just around the corner and our partner leagues are heading back to school. Best of luck for the 2024-25 school year! Miami Dade Urban Debate League - MDUDL Minnesota Urban Debate League Silicon Valley Urban Debate League: SVUDL Los Angeles Metropolitan Debate League Atlanta Urban Debate League Nashville Debate Dallas Urban Debate Alliance Houston Urban Debate League

What a weekend! If you couldn't join us at the Policy Debate Topic Meeting for the 2025-26 school year this summer in Iowa, don't sweat it. Our conversations were hosted by NFHS & National Speech & Debate Association and were well summarized in this feature from Newsweek! Contact your local league program staff for more information about having your vote counted this fall!

Five finalists selected for 2025-2026 policy debate topic U.S. military presence, India and the Arctic were among the top five topics picked at the 2024 policy debate topic selection meeting in Iowa last weekend.

And that's a wrap! Thanks to our friends from the NFHS & the National Speech & Debate Association for hosting this year's policy debate topic meeting. The five potential topics for the 2025-26 school year are: India, South Asia, the Arctic, Military Presence and Nation State Recognition.

Be sure you know how to participate in your state and organization votes this fall and winter!

We're here at the Policy Debate Topic Meeting for the 2025-26 topic and these are the topics we'll be working on final wordings for tomorrow.

Full Resolutions:

India
The United States federal government should substantially increase its diplomatic and/or economic engagement with the Republic of India in environment, technology, and/or trade.

South Asia
The United States federal government should substantially increase its defense cooperation with one or more South Asian nation-states.
Maritime
The United Nations should substantially strengthen maritime laws governing freedom of navigation and/or exclusive economic zones.

Transnational Crime
The United States federal government should significantly strengthen its transnational organized crime interdiction efforts in: cybercrimes, financial crimes, and/or narcotics.

Foreign Aid
The United States federal government should substantially increase its bilateral development assistance and/or
humanitarian assistance to one or more of the following: Republic of Indonesia, Republic of the Philippines, Kingdom of Thailand, Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

Arctic Circle
The United States federal government should significantly increase exploration and/or development of the Arctic Circle.

Military Presence
The United States federal government should significantly reduce its military presence in one or more of the following: the Kingdom of Bahrain, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the State of Kuwait.

Central Asia
The United States federal government should substantially increase its diplomatic and/or economic engagement with one or more of the following: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.

Nation State Recognition
The United States federal government should grant state recognition to one or more de facto states.

Human Trafficking
The United States federal government should substantially strengthen its international interdiction efforts of transnational human trafficking.

Counter Terrorism
The United States federal government should substantially strengthen its counterterrorism policies to combat state-sponsored international terrorism.

Climate Migrants
The United States federal government should establish a foreign policy to substantially increase its protection of climate migrants.

People are our passion and these debate alumni are superstars in the classroom, at the podium and now also in the workforce! Closing out our intern spotlight is Michelle Tiburcio who is joining us from Foothill College this summer. Previously, Michelle debated in the Silicon Valley Urban Debate League: SVUDL and now is shining as one of our 2024 White & Case LLP NAUDL Fellows Interns.

Continuing our 2024 & Case LLP NAUDL Fellows Intern spotlight, please join us in welcoming Katie Silkes to our amazing team. Katie studies at Indiana University Bloomington and is a former Metro Memphis Urban Debate League debater herself. We are thrilled to have you this summer, Katie!

We love our White & Case LLP NAUDL Fellows Interns because they bring a fresh perspective to our projects, meetings and overall workplace environment! Former Houston Urban Debate League debater, Sophie Bambara, joins our team this summer from Pomona College.

Welcome aboard! We couldn't be more excited to add Jaleon Brown to the White & Case LLP NAUDL Fellows Intern team! Jaleon is a former DEBATE-Kansas City debater and currently studies at Western Kentucky University.