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Registration for the 2013 National Tournament is open! High School June 16-21 Middle School June 18-21 For more details visit our National Tournament Website
There are no upcoming District Tournaments.
The Tournament marks the capstone of high school speech and debate activities for nearly 120,000 students around the nation. This year, more than 3,000 high school students from 967 high schools and more than 700 middle school students from 91 schools will participate in the Tournament, in addition to students from 20 international schools located in countries such as China and Korea.
RIPON, Wis. (June 3, 2013) – The National Forensic League, the speech and debate honor society, is proud to announce its newest diamond coaches, in order of highest accomplishment and date achieved.
Congratulations to our six National Student of the Year finalists, who were chosen from a field of 80 outstanding students nominated by their League districts. To read the complete news release, click here.
Resolved: The benefits of American drone strikes against foreign targets outweigh the harms.