Our January-February starter packet is now available to download, for free! The packet was co-authored by Nick Steele and Varad Agarwala, and edited by Arjun Tambe and David Dosch. It includes several starting positions and answers to those positions, including…
Katie Carithers is a former policy debater with experience in high school and college debate. She debated for four years at The Westminster Schools, qualifying for the TOC as a junior and senior. She has judged first and second year…
Nick Steele is a current assistant coach at Harvard Westlake and the 2016 TOC Champion. He attended the TOC three years in a row, and won and/or reached late elimination rounds at every major national tournament. He will be working…
La Canada's Alex Zhao recently won the Blake Invitational, the second quarterfinals bid tournament he has won (in addition to Voices in 2015). Alex will be working at the San Jose Debate Intensive this summer. Hear what he has to say about…
During tournaments, LADI will be posting quick tips debaters can make to quickly improve their debating. The ProTips will address various topics, including the current LD topic, how to improve your tech skills, interesting positions broken at tournaments, and more.…
During the two weeks of our summer programs, the Los Angeles Debate Intensive will be releasing files on the new September-October topic on nuclear power. The files are ones we will use to demonstrate various debate concepts and do drills…
