ABOUT ADI

A semester-long intensive program at Yale for students looking to challenge themselves and become better debaters.

We asked the students: what is your favorite part of ADI?

"Meeting other students and collaborating with Yale students. As well as being able to see an improvement in my articulation, speech, and debate skills. Also, the topics we debated were really interesting and expanded my knowledge on political and social issues."

ADVANCED DEBATE INSTITUTE (ADI) AT YALE

The Yale New Haven Urban Debate League runs an Advanced Debate Institute for students looking for extra debate enrichment. The program will meet once a week for ten weeks in the Spring of 2025. The program is free for New Haven Public School students. For other debaters, the program fee is $500 for the semester, but we offer generous financial aid. We especially encourage NHPS students to apply, though we accept applications from any high school parliamentary debater.

Debaters will practice advanced debate skills, discuss current events, and receive extensive feedback on their public speaking. A typical session may include a mini-lesson on a debate concept, drills, games and practice rounds. The program will be online via Zoom, so students can participate regardless of where they live. Debaters from the New Haven area will have select opportunities to visit the Yale campus for competitions and travel regionally for tournaments.

The program will be held from 7pm to 9pm EST on the following 10 Mondays:

1/13, 1/27, 2/3, 2/10, 2/24, 3/3, 3/24, 4/7, 4/21, 4/28

The program is selective. We look for enthusiastic debaters at an advanced level.

Please reach out to m.khan@yale.edu and savan.parikh@yale.edu with questions

APPLICATION DUE DATE: January 6, 2025, 11:59 pm EST

DECISION DATE: January 9, 2025

TUITION DUE: January 13, 2024, 06:59 pm EST

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