Want to Support Debate in Kansas City?

Want to Volunteer? Email debatekc@gmail and let us know your background. We need help with everything from judging debates, providing food at tournaments to serving as a debate mentor.  To know when events are occurring please see our Working Schedule

Lawyers in the Classroom - This link will direct you to a post about our volunteer program that provides area attorneys the opportunity to mentor DKC debaters. 

Coaching Connections - the links below are for those who participate in DKC’s Coaching Connections program that recruits people with debate expertise to mentor our debaters. 

Coaching Connections Log

Visit Guide 

 

Learn to Judge Debate

The following two videos will provide a basic introdcution for judging policy debate and student congress. Use the attached documents to help follow along with the videos.

Policy Debate Training

Click on the policy.guide.12 & Policy Debate Ballot to follow along with the video.

Student Congress Training

Click on the scoring.congress.judge.guide to follow along with the video.