6. LD Judging Obligations

Judges in LD are obligated to stay and judge the first elimination round on Sunday OR one round past any round in which their students are actively competing, whichever is later​. ​Judges in NLD and VLD who have entries that competed in the last elimination round on Sunday Night are obligated for the first elimination round on Monday Morning.

Only qualified judges can cover your judge obligation. Parents of debaters competing at the tournament cannot cover judge obligations in any division.

If a judge or competitor has not shown up within 5 minutes of start time, please alert the tournament via the helpline number (213) 537-6714 (text only) so that we can route that information to the tab room. PLEASE make sure that all of your debaters and teams know this number to report issues.

See our "Need Help?" page on the sidebar for more details about the Helpline.