Stanford Invitational Tournament

Thanks for joining us this summer!  Please return to see the dates of our 2022 programs which we anticipate to be available by late 2021.

2-Week Middle School Debate Experience

The Stanford National Forensic Institute is again offering a program for middle school debaters. This camp will focus both on the style of debate at middle schools in the Bay Area, and the transition to high school debate events. This camp is designed to teach the fundamentals of debating, covering material that is similar to that described for the 2-Week Parliamentary program, but in a slightly slower format that is tailored to Middle School students. We will focus more on individual workshops than on broad topic lectures and skills seminars, and will debate practice topics that are more accessible to the typical middle school student in order to increase the educational value of the program.  Students in the 2-Week Middle School Parliamentary program will have an opportunity to progress to more advanced topics than students in the 1-Week session in addition to completing approzimately twice as many practice debate rounds.

Note: we do not accept international students for any of our middle school sessions.


2024 2-Week Middle School Debate Experience Staff Members Include:

Check back closer to the start of camp for details on our 2024 staff

We will continue to add additional staff members as enrollment and availability dictate. Details are posted on additional staff members as they are confirmed and as we have complete biographic information available. Staff listing may not be fully up to date or reflect all hires to date.


2023 2-Week Middle School Debate Experience Staff Members Included:



Upcoming Sessions
* Tentative and Subject to Change

No Sessions Currently Scheduled For This Camp