2024 Hired Judges Form

For our 2024 tournament we are recruiting a hired judge pool with priority given to Urban Debate League alumni and individuals actively engaged in working with Urban Debate Leagues.

Applicants must be at least 1 year removed from high school graduation. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis with priority given to applicants who meet the following criteria:

Alumni of an urban debate league
Available for all rounds of competition
Actively judging and engaged with an urban debate league during the past 2 years
Experience judging policy elimination round debates in the past 2 years

The deadline for this application is Friday, February 16th. Travel coordination to the UDNC will be booked by the first week of March. If accepted, the following will be required:

W9
Background Check
Mandatory Reporter Training
NAUDL Media Release

If you have any issues with the form or questions please contact Luke Hill (lukehill@urbandebate.org)

Contact Information

First Name

Last Name

Email Address

Phone Number

Tabroom Email Address (if different from above)

Dietary Restrictions and/or Food Allergies

Are you an alumni of a UDL

YesNo

If yes, which UDL?

Judging

Approximately how many rounds have you judged on this year's topic?

How many of those rounds were with an Urban Debate League?

Please describe your engagement with Urban Debate Leagues over the last 3-5 years?

Please list Urban Debate Leagues or schools where you have a judging conflict (conflicts include, but are not limited to, schools you've debated for, schools you've coached for, leagues that have hired you to work at a summer camp, and/or schools/teams where your personal relationships could reasonably be interpreted to cause bias)

Link to Paradigm on Tabroom

Days Available

FridaySaturdaySunday

Travel Information

Preferred Airport to fly out of to Chicago on Thursday, April 11th

We understand that you may have other commitments to work around. What is the earliest time you can be at the airport on Thursday, April 11th?

Other Travel Notes (for return flights, i.e. must be back by X time on Sunday, April 14th)

If there are any additional considerations we should be aware of when booking your travel, please list them here. We are happy to hop on a call to discuss prior to booking travel.

Additional questions or comments?

Contact Information