Debate camp

A debate camp or debate institute is a training workshop for high school and collegiate debaters. Usually these camps are held over the summer and last between two and eight weeks. While once attended by only highly competitive policy debaters, many high school students now attend debate institutes, and often urban debate leagues will pay for the students to go to these camps.

Structure

During instruction, students are divided up into different focus groups, or "labs". The instructor(s) is called the "lab leader". Each group has its own focus and goal during the day or week. The lab leader will guide them through the topic and how to argue it. Many institutes will divide students into labs based on skill level and experience. Many institutes offer specialized "advanced" or "scholars" workshops, to which acceptance is highly limited.

Often there are mini tournaments at the end of each camp, and students are given speaker and team awards to cap off the institute.

CampHostsWebsite
DebateDrills Summer Intensive Remote
Cal National Debate Institute (CNDI) University of California Berkeley
Capitol Debate Summer Camps Multiple locations worldwide
Champion Briefs Institute (CBI) Nova Southeastern University, Colleyville Heritage High School, and the College of St. Elizabeth
Climb the Mountain Speech and Debate Camps Pacific Lutheran University and Explorer West Middle School
Concordia Debate Institute (CDI) Concordia College
Dartmouth Debate Institute (DDI) Dartmouth College
Debate Camp Canada (DCC) Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Montreal, Ottawa, Halifax, Canada and Hartford, CT
Digital Debate Camp (DDC) Online, Stephen Murray
Discourse Debate Camp Toronto, Canada and Vancouver, Canada
Debate and Oral Interpretation Camp Mount Marty College
Eddie Conway Liberation Institute (ECLI) Morgan State University
George Mason Debate Institute Fairfax, Virginia
Georgia Debate Institute Athens, Georgia
Gonzaga Debate Institute Gonzaga University
Harvard Debate Council Summer Workshops Harvard University
Hoosier Debate Camp @ Indiana University Indiana University
Kentucky National Debate Institute University of Kentucky
Liberty Debate Institute Liberty University
Jayhawk Debate Institute The University of Kansas
Miami Debate Institute Miami University
Minnesota Debate Institute University of Minnesota
Missouri State University Debate Institute (MSDI) Missouri State University
National Symposium for Debate Colorado College
Rebel Debate Institute University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Spartan Debate Institute Michigan State University
Stanford National Forensic Institute Stanford University
Texas Debate Collective Texas Debate Collective, 501(c)(3)
Towson International Debate Institute (TIDI) Towson University
University of Michigan Debate Institute (MNDI) University of Michigan
University of Missouri - Kansas City Summer Debate Institute (UMKC-SDI) University of Missouri–Kansas City
University of North Texas Mean Green Workshops (UNT-MGW) University of North Texas
University of Richmond National Debate Institute (URNDI) University of Richmond
University of Texas National Institute of Forensics (UTNIF) University of Texas
Victory Briefs Institute (VBI) Multiple Locations
Wake Forest Institute (WFI) Wake Forest University
Weber State University Debate Camp (WSDI) Weber State University
Whitman National Debate Institute (WNDI) Whitman College
Wiley College Great Debaters Summer Forensics Institute

Wyoming Forensics Institute (WFI)

University of Wyoming
Northwestern Debate Institute Northwestern University
Summer Forensics Institute Western Kentucky University
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