APDA Bylaws

Article I Offices Section 1.01 Location The principal office of the American Parliamentary Debate Association (hereafter “APDA”) within the State of New York shall be located at: 401 Alfred Lerner…

How to Handle Motions Preparation

By Eric Tannenbaum, The College of New Jersey ’18 Note: APDA has several motions tournaments throughout the year, but due to their relative infrequency compared to case tournaments it can difficult…

How and When to Countercase

By Miriam Pierson, Swarthmore College ’18 Note: If you want to get a general sense of what a countercase can look like, here’s a link to a video where the opposition…

Case Writing Basics

By Anika Matin, The George Washington University '18 Starting out on APDA, you will come to the realization that you will be the government team about half the time, and…

An Introduction to Debating About Economics

By Nik Venkatasubramanian, George Washington University ’18 Debating Economics and Finance I: Trade and Specialization Introduction Debate about Economics sounds scary. You scroll through the news every morning and you…

Responding to Arguments

By Matt Rohn, Franklin & Marshall ’16 The constructive speeches (the first four) are primarily about two things, making arguments and responding to the other team’s arguments. Once the LOC…