Here Registration Day Schedule NDF LD Debateis the registration day schedule for NDF on July 26th!

NDF Schedule

The linen package includes the following: a pillow, pillow case, sheets, blanket, bath towel, hand towel and wash cloth. There will be a linen exchange on Tuesday, July 29th and Tuesday, August 5th. Students may choose to bring an additional towel or quarters for laundry. Summit Debate will provide the laundry […]

We will be holding registration on Saturday the 19th for PF, and Saturday July 26th for LD, all day, in the Piano Row Building at 150 Boylston. You will see check in just inside the main lobby. If you are arriving at Boston Logan airport and you have not given us your arrival […]

This year, NDF will use one topic during the LD institute.  The topic that will be used is: Resolved, In a democratic society, felons ought to retain the right to vote. This is the topic for the Advanced Symposium, Varsity and Novice/JV programs.
Before camp all VARSITY and ADVANCED SYMPOSIUM students need to […]

To All Accepted Students: Please click on the the link for Accepted Students LD or Acceped Students Public Fourm  for important forms, information and deadlines.

All accepted students should click on “Accepted Students” link for important information, forms and other deadlines.

We are updating our links to faculty bios. You can access information about our top-notch faculty on our Faculty Profiles page. From there just click on the name of an individual and learn more about them!
Do not miss out on an exciting opportunity to work with some of the greatest minds in the […]

The National Debate Forum would like to welcome Rachel Urban (PA) to the Public Forum Debate faculty. Rachel was one of the top public forum debaters in 2006-2007 and joined the National Speakers’ Forum faculty last summer. Rachel will be joining Mike Vigars, Jonathan Peele and Patrick Toomey this summer at NDF in […]

The following faculty have been confirmed for Lincoln-Douglas Debate: Stephanie Batik, Dario Camara, Stephanie Caravias, Tim Case, Andrew Cockroft, Wes Craven, Tom Evnen, Charlie Furman, Vivian Ho, Saqib Hossein, Loren Eastlund, Ernie Rose, Matt Scarola, Steve Schappaugh, Tara Tedrow, Joe Vaughan, Andy Werner, Kris Wright, and Shadman Zaman.

Jonathan Peele has just confirmed that he will be joining the Public Forum Debate faculty at the National Debate Forum, July 19th-August 2nd. Jonathan Peele is formerly from East Chapel Hill, NC and has coached many successful Public Forum Teams throughout the years. His expertise of the event and what it takes to win […]

The National Debate Forum will expand its programming opportunities to include Public Forum Debate.  Under the direction of Mike Vigars (Trinity Prep, FL) and assisted by Patrick Toomey (NC), NDF will provide championship caliber instruction in Public Forum Debate from July 19th-August 2nd.  Please check back in the next couple of weeks for additional faculty […]

Summit Debate will be offering scholarships at several tournaments this year, including the Dowling Paradigm, Myers Park, ASU, Crestian and Harvard.  These scholarships will be applied to the student’s final institute payment.  For more information on scholarships and how they can be used at any of our institutes, please contact us.

NDF is thrilled to announce the addition of Tim Case to our staff.  Tim is a superb addition to an already impressive staff.  He comes to NDF as a former instructor at other institutes and coach of NCFL and NFL National Champions.  Tim is admired among members of the community for his teaching, coaching and […]

Shadman Zaman is going to be joining the NDF staff this summer!  On top of winning MBA this year he has also won Glenbrooks and placed 5th at NCFL Nationals.  Shadman has an impressive resume and we are pleased to announce he’ll be at NDF.

Kris Wright, Charlie Furman, Stephanie Caravias, Andrew Cockroft and Vivian Ho are the newest staff members for this summer.  We are excited about these fine additions to the staff and hope you check back within the week for more exciting announcements regarding staff. 

Tom Evnen, Joe Vaughan, Ernie Rose, Tara Tedrow, Loren Eastlund, Dario Camara, Steffany Oravetz-Batik and Steve Schappaugh return to NDF to be full-time lab leaders and instructors.  Chetan Hertzig returns to the institute part-time helping with lectures and lab.  We are very excited about the return of such a strong nucleus of leaders, instructors and educators.  […]

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NDF is excited to announce that Wes Craven will be joining us this summer.  Wes will be working as one of the top lab leaders and will give lectures and hold office hours that every student in the institute is available to attend/sign up for.  Wes brings the institute experience as a lab leader and […]

We are pleased to announce that the National Debate Forum will be running from July 26-August 9th this summer.  These new dates enable us to ensure that there is less time between the learning and refining of skills during debate camp and your return to competition.  
Exciting new staff additions will be coming soon!  Check back […]

Congratulations to all of the NDF alumni who did so well at the Blake Debate Invitational!
Jordan Grimstad - Outround participant
Tim Jennings - Outround participant
Tyler Traub - Outround participant
Gabe Schonfeld - Outround participant
Alan Tong - Outround participant AND Round Robin Semifinalist
Christian Keil - Runner Up & TOC Bid Recipient, AND Round Robin Participant

Akshay Agashe - Outround participant
Alex Koren - Outround participant
Alan Tong - Outround participant
Hiba Abouslieman - Outround participant
Josh Seiden - Outround participant
Matthew Angiollio - Outround participant
Karlyn Gorski - Outround participant
Shireen Rudina -  TOC Bid Recipient
Stephanie Caravias - Champion; TOC Bid Recipient