UIL Speech & Debate Judge Interest Form

If you are interested in serving as a speech or debate judge at an invitational, district, regional, or state contest, please fill out and submit this form.

Please be aware that the information you provide on this form, including your name and contact information, will be publicly accessible on the UIL Speech Judges List.

Please keep your information current. You can email updates to speech@uiltexas.org.

Note: The UIL State Office is phasing out paper ballots. Be prepared to use electronic ballots.

IMPORTANT: This is NOT the required judging form for the CX Debate State Tournament or the LD Debate State Tournament! If you are fulfilling judging obligations for a school at CX or LD State, or if you are a CONFIRMED UIL hired judge, click here to fill out the required state judging form. If you are interested in being a UIL hired judge but have not been contacted by the UIL office, please continue filling out this Judge Interest form so your credentials can be reviewed.

2025-2026 CONGRESS:
Region: November 1-15
State: January 6-8

2026 CX DEBATE:
District: January 2 - February 13
(There is no CX Regional meet.)
State: March 16-17, 20-21

SPRING 2025 CONTEST DATES:
District 1: March 23-28
District 2: March 30 - April 4
Region: April 24-25
State: May 18-19

Your Contact Information
First Name *
Last Name *
Mailing Address
Street Address Address Line 2 City State Postal / Zip Code
Home Phone - ### #######
Work Phone - ### #######
Cell Phone - ### #######
Fax - ### #######
Email*
Your Speech and Debate Experience
High School You Attended
School Name*

Graduation Year*
Current High School Affiliation (if applicable)
Are you currently coaching?* YesNo
In what conference are you coaching?
How many years have you coached?
Did you participate in speech in high school?* YesNo

Where?

When?

Largest conference you competed in
Did you participate in speech in college?*
YesNo

Where?

When?
Did you participate in policy debate (NDT) in college?*
YesNo

Where?

When?
Did you participate in policy debate (CEDA) in college?*
YesNo

Where?

When?
Did you participate in LD debate (NFA) in college?*
YesNo

Where?

When?
Did you participate in Parli debate (NPDA) in college?*
YesNo

Where?

When?
Your Judging Availability
Which meets are you interested in and available to judge?* InvitationalDistrictRegionalCX StateState MeetCongress RegionCongress State
Which events are you qualified to judge?* CXLDExtempProse/PoetryCongress
What is your current occupation?
In which area of the state do you live?* 123456789

1 Austin/San Antonio
2 Dallas/Ft. Worth
3 Houston/Beaumont
4 Rio Grande Valley
5 Waco/Lufkin
6 Wichita Falls/ Texarkana
7 Panhandle
8 Abilene/ Midland
9 El Paso

Which areas would you be willing to travel to for judging?* 123456789
How many miles from home would you be willing to travel?*
Your Judging Qualifications and Philosophy
Please list/explain your qualifications to judge the events indicated above.*
How many tournaments have you judged in this year?*
How many rounds of the following events have you judged this school year?*

Prose/Poetry Interpretation

Extemporaneous Speaking

Cross-Examination Debate

Lincoln-Douglas Debate

Congress
Oral Interpretation

What is your interpretation training/background? SpeechTheatreCombination

Which most impacts your judging approach to performance styles? SpeechTheatre
CX Debate

Which best describes your approach to judging policy debate? Policy MakerStock IssuesTabula RasaOther (please explain below)

Which best describes your priority in judging policy debate? Communication skills are more important than resolution of substantive issuesResolution of substantive issues is more important than communication skillsCommunication skills and resolution of substantive issues are of equal importance

Which best describes your philosophy concerning evidence in policy debate? Quantity of evidence is more important than quality of evidenceQuality of evidence is more important than quantity of evidenceQuantity of evidence and quality of evidence are of equal importance

Please give us a brief explanation of your basic CX judging paradigm.
LD Debate

Which best describes your approach to judging LD debate? Communication skills are more important than resolution of substantive issuesResolution of substantive issues is more important than communication skillsCommunication skills and resolution of substantive issues are of equal importance

Please give us a short explanation of your basic LD judging philosophy.
Congress

Please give us a short explanation of your Congress judging philosophy and experience.
Additional Comments

You may include any additional information here.

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UIL Speech & Debate Judge Interest Form

Your Contact Information

Your Speech and Debate Experience

Your Judging Availability

Your Judging Qualifications and Philosophy

Oral Interpretation

CX Debate

LD Debate

Congress

Additional Comments