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.

IMPORTANT: This is NOT the required judging form for the CX Debate State Tournament! If you are fulfilling judging obligations for a school at CX 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.

Spring 2017 Contest Dates

District 1: March 20-25
District 2: March 31 & April 1
Regional: April 7-8
State: May 22-23

2017 CX Debate

District: January 2 - February 11
(There is no CX Regional meet.)
State: March 13-14, 17-18

Your Contact Information
First Name *
Last Name *
Mailing Address
Street Address Address Line 2 City State Postal / Zip Code
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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?* Yes No
In what conference are you coaching?
How many years have you coached?
Did you participate in speech in high school?* Yes No

Where?

When?

Largest conference you competed in
Did you participate in speech in college?*
Yes No

Where?

When?
Did you participate in policy debate (NDT) in college?*
Yes No

Where?

When?
Did you participate in policy debate (CEDA) in college?*
Yes No

Where?

When?
Did you participate in LD debate (NFA) in college?*
Yes No

Where?

When?
Did you participate in Parli debate (NPDA) in college?*
Yes No

Where?

When?
Your Judging Availability
Which meets are you interested in and available to judge?* Invitational District Regional CX State State Meet
Which events are you qualified to judge?* CX LD Extemp Prose/Poetry
What is your current occupation?
In which area of the state do you live?* 1
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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?* 1
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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
Oral Interpretation

What is your interpretation training/background? Speech
Theatre
Combination

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

Which best describes your approach to judging policy debate? Policy Maker
Stock Issues
Tabula Rasa
Other (please explain below)

Which best describes your priority in judging policy debate? Communication skills are more important than resolution of substantive issues
Resolution of substantive issues is more important than communication skills
Communication 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 evidence
Quality of evidence is more important than quantity of evidence
Quantity 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 issues
Resolution of substantive issues is more important than communication skills
Communication skills and resolution of substantive issues are of equal importance

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

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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

Additional Comments