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2010 Lincoln Douglas Debate Schedule

March 17  :                    Coaches Kickoff Event –

                                      4pm-6pm New York University

April 8th                         Topic Symposium

                                       4pm-6pm New York University

Last week of April     Earlybird Tournament *

                                       up to 3 teams per school  use link on LD homepage to 

                                       register

May 14th                    Jerry M. Goldberg Tournament

                                    1teams per school, use link toregister

                                    Brooklyn Tech HS   (2:30 arrival time)

May 20th-May 31st   Elimination Rounds (location TBA)

Last Week of May     Finals (Dicapo Theatre 184 East 76th Street)

The Following Schools Have Announced Their Intent to Compete (as of 4/30):

AL Noor School

Aviation HS

Bayside HS

Baccalauerate School for Global Education

Bronx School for Law, Government & Justice

Bronx Studio School

Brooklyn Tech

Clara Barton HS

Democracy Prep Charter

Eleanor Roosevelt HS

Flushing HS

Francis Lewis HS

Frederick Douglass Academy

Green Dot Charter School

Grover Cleveland HS

Hostos Lincoln Academy

Institute for Collaborative Education

Kurt Hahn Expeditionary School

LaGuardia HS

Law, Government and Community Service HS

Louis D. Brandeis HS

Metropolitan Corporate Academy

Midwood HS

Secondary School of Law

School of the Future

Science Skills HS

Staten Island Tech

Thomas Edison HS

Tottenville High School

Townsend Harris HS

Washington Irving HS

If the school is underlined then that means their account is current. All schools that are not underlined should have received an nvoice.  For more information or a new invoice,, contact Tess Gilman at tess.impact@gmail.com. 

JPMorgan Chase and the New York City Department of Education through the Office of School Programs and Support Services, have been in partnership for the past 23 years in providing New York City high schools with the opportunity to engage in a values-based debate competition. In 2001, The School of Public Affairs at Baruch College was engaged to coordinate program administration for the JPMorgan Chase Lincoln-Douglas Debates. In recent years, the IMPACT Coalition was contracted to direct the JPMorgan Chase Lincoln Douglas competitions for the 2004-06 seasons. The program and competition is designed to foster oral communication activities and enhance research and reasoning skills through participation in a citywide debate program.

Each year a debate topic/resolution is determined by the LDD planning committee and provided to the participating schools The resolution is a proposition of value rather than a proposition of policy. Debaters are to develop argumentation on conflicting underlying principles to support their positions. Since the JPMorgan Chase Lincoln-Douglas debates are values debates, and not policy debates, students do not have to offer a specific plan of action in support of their philosophical position. This year’s topic is “resolved: that cultural or political restrictions placed on the right of access to humanitarian aid are unjustified.”