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DUDL Student Congress


Student Congress permits students to participate in a mock legislative session using parliamentary
procedure. Legislation is prepared by the students in advance of the tournament and students debate the
merits of the legislation presented. Legislation may be written on any topic. All schools with students
entered in student congress must submit a minimum of one bill or resolution for inclusion in the docket.
The deadline for all legislation will be 5pm on Thursday a week before any given tournament. This will
allow for Congress Dockets to be released the Friday before the upcoming tournament.

​The following
table is the 2019-20 schedule with specific dates.

Tournament
Legislation Due
​Date
Docket Release
​Date
​Season Opener: 10/5/19
9/26/2019
9/27/2019
Tournament 2: 11/16/19
11/7/2019
11/8/2019
​*Tournament 3: 12/13-14/19
12/5/2019
12/6/2019
Tournament 4: 1/25/20
1/16/2020
1/17/2020
Tournament 5: 2/22/20
​2/13/2020
​2/14/2020
City Championships:
​3/13-14/20
3/5/2020
​3/6/2020
*Please note that the submission deadline for this tournament ​are both for congressional sessions on 12/13 and 12/14
When the session begins, the judge will take nominations for Presiding Officer (PO).S/he can take up to
3 nominees. The nominees may make a brief statement to the chamber as to why s/he should be elected.
The nominees are sent into the hall while remaining students vote for the P.O. Students should fill out
their placards. The PO completes the seating chart.
​
The speech order:

​Introductory proponent (authorship) (3 mins), followed by 2-minute mandatory questioning period.
Introductory opponent (3 mins), followed by a 2-minute mandatory questioning period.
Proponent (3 mins), followed by 2-minute mandatory questioning period.
​Opponent (3 mins).followed by 2-minute mandatory questioning period
● Authorship speeches are scored.

● There are many different ways to “score” congress. For our purposes, we will be awarding the top
three students based on the calculation of total points given to each student. The Presiding officer will
not be included in the top three.

● Scoring speeches are based on: Content, Organization, Evidence, Language, Argument and
Refutation/ Delivery.


● Judges will write comments and feedback on ballots.

● If there are more than 30 students entered, and judging capacity permits, two chambers are used.

● Each chamber is assigned one judge.

● In the event there is not enough legislation submitted, DUDL provides legislation to fill the Docket.

Office Location

University of Denver, Sturm College of Law. 2255 East Evans Avenue Suite 406, Denver, CO 80210

     contact US

Executive Director, Jessica Clark
JessicaClark@urbandebate.org

Program & Communications Manager, Gillian Breuer
GillianBreuer@urbandebate.org

Media Coordinator, Timothy Rubio
Timothy.Rubio@du.edu



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Phone: 303-871-6575

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