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Judging Resources

Are you judging at a BDL scrimmage?

Zoom link here

3:30 to 5:30pm EST on Thursdays

6:30 to 9:00pm EST on Fridays

Looking to improve your feedback?

See some exemplary ballots
Write your Tabroom paradigm
Congress judging guide with canned comments
Try out a new ballot template
- Congress v1
- Congress v2 (created by BDL coach Marie Connor!)
- Coolidge Cup
- Public Forum
- Lincoln Douglas
- Mod Congress

BDL Judging Guides

Help us help you help them!

Judging can be tricky, especially if you’re new at it. If you have questions, complaints, or ideas on how tournaments can better support judges, we’d love to hear them and help.

Reach us at hello@brooklyndebateleague.org