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2024 - 2025 Events

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Debate Coach Professional Development  - August 24

HS Workshop 1 - September 7

MS Workshop 1 - September 14

HS Tournament 1 - October 5

I, Resolve Debate - October 15

MS Tournament 1 - October 19

HS Tournament 2 - October 26

TFA DUDA/Irma Rangel YWLS - November 1-2

MS Tournament 2 - November 16

HS Winter Championship  (Tournament 3)- December 7

TFA DUDA/JBS Law Magnet - December 13-14

MS Winter Championship (Tournament 3)- December 14

UIL HS CX District Tournament - January 11

MS and HS Workshop - January 25

HS Tournament 4 - Feburary 8

MS Tournament 4 - February 22

HS Tournament 5 - March 1

TFA State (Houston) - March 6-8

UIL HS CX State (Austin) - March 21-22

MS Tournament 5 - March 22

UIL HS Speech/LD - March 29

UDNC  (Emory University - Atlanta,  Georgia) - April 3-6

HS City Championship (Tournament 6) - April 12

MS City Championship (Tournament 6)  - April 26

MS State Championship - May 2-3

Parrish Debate - May TBD

Summer Day Camp - June TBD

NSDA Nationals (Des Moines, Iowa) - June 14-21

 

Coaches should register teams on Tabroom by Thursday of the week before the event (9 days in advance).

 

Instructions for Tabroom can be found here. If you are a new coach, contact gabe.sanchez@dallasurbandebate.org - we will set up your account for you. ​

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Information About Events

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Debate tournaments are the heart of Dallas Urban Debate programs, and are typically held on Saturdays throughout the school year. Tournaments provide debaters an opportunity to put their advocacy, research, and critical thinking skills to the test by competing with teams from other DISD schools in an effort to convince a judge of their position. By practicing, winning or losing, reworking positions, adding new evidence or creating different arguments, debaters discover a paradigm for learning about any subject, however simple or complex. 

 

We host 4 types of events each semester:

  • Workshops - which introduce students to debate skills and strategies;

  • Scrimmages - which give students a low-pressure opportunity to hone their arguments and strategies before competition begins in earnest;

  • Tournaments - which are the core of our programs, and pit pairs of students from different schools against each other to advocate for their beliefs in a competitive setting;

  • Championships - which are longer and more rigorous than tournaments. Students are allowed to engage in their own research at the varsity level these events, and we strive to bring in unique, topic-expert judging. Year-long awards will also be given at the Spring City Championship. 

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