Policy Debate
The Stanford National Forensic Institute offers a unique national caliber program conducted by the Stanford Debate Society of Stanford University, a registered student organization of the Associated Students of Stanford University.
The SNFI Policy camp offers a three week program with two main options: the "Accelerated Policy Program" and the "Core Policy Program" as well as a fourth week "Intensive Practice Round Session." Students may attend either the Accelerated or Core program and be qualified to stay on for the fourth week Intensive Practice Round Session.
Special Programs within the three week camp include the "Swing Lab" for students who will be attending their second Policy Debate camp of this summer (with jon sharp as the director) and a Sophomore Scholars lab for rising stars with widely acclaimed instructor Judy Butler.
The SNFI Policy camp, in each of the programs, has received extremely positive feedback from past attending students. In particular, over the last two years, over 95% of attending students said that they would recommend the program to others, and more than 90% of students have rated the quality and effort their instructor made on their behalf as a 9 or 10 out of 10 on their end of camp evaluation forms.
The Division Director for Policy Debate is Corey Turoff, who has coached Policy Debate for Stanford and also coaches Policy Debate at the Head Royce School of Oakland.
Upcoming Camps
The three week Accelerated Program provides the same high quality seminars and lectures of the Core curriculum, but with an incredible student to staff ratio of 6:1. This allows the Accelerated Program to guarantee unusually strong personal attention to students during argument construction and discussion, while allowing the a continued focus on in-round technique and strategy.
Three lab options are available for the Accelerated Program (scroll down to read more about each lab option):
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