Welcome to the home of the 2012 Georgia Debate Institutes, a summer camp run by the Georgia Debate Union for high school debaters of all experience levels.

The GDI will be held from June 17-30, 2012 on the campus of the University of Georgia. While attending the institute, students will receive intensive topic instruction, lectures and exercises devoted to skill development, research training, and close attention from some of the nation’s best teaching faculty.

This year we are pleased to announce that will be offering a week-long camp session for public forum debate, the only camp of its kind in the state of Georgia.  The public forum camp will be held from June 24-30, 2012.

In addition to the immediate debate-related benefits of attending the GDI, students get an early taste of college life, living in supervised dormitories, eating in UGA’s award-winning cafeterias, and having access to the beautiful library and classrooms spaces on the University of Georgia’s campus in Athens.

For more information, check out the Why GDI sections on the right. 

Questions? Feel free to contact us: georgiadebateinstitutes@gmail.com.

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Info about the upcoming Georgia Debate Institute.

Questions? Contact us: georgiadebateinstitutes@gmail.com

Want to join the UGA debate team?

Come to our weekly meeting and say hello!

We meet every week on Tuesday nights at 6:30pm in Phi Kappa Hall (located in the northeast corner of campus, near the the Jackson/Broad intersection). The debate office is the entire first floor. Come on in!

Add "certainty key" to the list of requirements when selecting your Affirmative case.

In this article, written for an upcoming edition of The Last Word published by The 3NR, I lay out the case for the importance of considering "certainty key" arguments and provide suggestions for how to go about writing them.

The Georgia Debate Union has produced a letter for high schools to use while recruiting students to their debate teams.

It emphasizes the benefits of debate, including for college admissions, research skills, travel, and fun.

Please feel free to download and use this whenever necessary.

Need a timer for debating or judging?

Got an iPod or iPhone?

There's an app for you: LabTimer.

The University of Georgia team of Brittany Cambre and Mike Lacy has been awarded a first round at-large bid to the 2010 National Debate Tournament, to be held in Oakland, CA in March. Recognizing UGA CL as one of the 16 top two-person debate teams in the country, recieving a "first round" is widely regarded as one of the most prestigious awards in policy debate.