Three Week Program

Location: Stanford University
Tentative Dates & Prices

Program	Dates	Residential Cost	Commuter Cost
Policy Debate Three Week Core Program	July 24 - August 13	$2385	$1760
Policy Debate Three Week Accelerated Program	July 24 - August 13	$3185	$2500

-A $250 deposit (applied toward the cost of tuition) is required with each application. This is non-refundable unless the application for enrollment is denied.

The Program
The Stanford National Forensic Institute Three Week program is a comprehensive preparation for the 2008-2009 season of competitive policy debate. The program offers two options for instruction, and is appropriate for any level of experience in policy debate.

The Curriculum
The Core curriculum focuses on preparing students for the upcoming topic and increasing overall debate knowledge through lectures and seminars on the topic and debate theory, directed library and online research, lab sesssions, and expertly critiqued practice debates. This balanced approach is available to students of all levels of experience at a reasonable price, while maintaining the high quality of instruction that SNFI is known for. Special advanced sessions and novice sessions are both available to Core participants. Students will work with each other and the faculty on argument construction to create a core set of evidence available to all SNFI students on paper and disk.

The 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 ratio allows the Accelerated Program to focus primarily on technique, guaranteeing students tremendous personal attention during argument construction and discussion and allowing the second half of the camp to focus on in-round technique. Accelerated students will debate 20 rounds during the course of the program allowing debaters to hone their technical and strategic capabilities. Accelerated students may also apply to the Swing Lab, a special program within the session, provided they have previously attended at least one debate institute during the summer of 2008. The Swing Lab program is designed to provide a continuation of participants' prior camp experience with an advanced peer group and the finest instructors. Accelerated students will receive all arguments produced at the camp.

Since SNFI is held toward the end of the summer, one big advantage for participants is that we'll have the scoop on what all the other camps in the country have produced. This allows us to help prepare all of our students for those positions that are truly likely to appear at the first tournaments in the fall. Another unique feature of the SNFI is our dedication to providing role models and appropriate supervision for all debaters by striving for gender equity among our instructors - our students deserve no less.

Sample Program

8:00-9:00 AM 9:00-10:30 AM 10:30-12:00 PM 12:00-1:00 PM 1:00-3:30 PM 3:30-5:00 PM 5:00-6:30 PM 6:30-8:30 PM 8:30 PM 8:30-10:00 PM 10:00-12:00 AM Midnight

Breakfast Topic Lecture Aff case construction Lunch Library work Practice rounds in lab Dinner Lab session: case work and theory discussion Commuter checkout Topic preparation Recreation and relaxation Room check and lights out!

The Primary Faculty
The SNFI faculty is composed of many of the finest coaches and debaters in the nation. Students will have the opportunity to learn from a supportive and experienced staff which collectively has over a hundred individual sessions of institute teaching experience. A glance at the qualifications of the SNFI staff will reveal the depth and quality of what is every summer debate program's most important asset, its teaching staff. SNFI compares favorably with any other program in this and every regard! Past staff and initially confirmed staff for 2008 include:

Matt Fraser, SNFI Program Director — Stanford Debate Society Executive Director
Corey Turoff, SNFI Academic Director — Stanford Debate NDT Coach

Core Program Staff:
Corey Turoff — The Head-Royce School
Shunta Jordan — Pace Academy
Nichelle Klosterboer — Idaho State University
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Accelerated Program Staff:
jon sharp — University of Kentucky
Judy Butler — Augusta Prep
Toni Nielson — California State University, Fullerton
Erik Holland — University of Southern California
JR Maycock — Highland High School
Jacob Polin — UC Berkeley
Rachel Schy — University of Redlands
Reuben Schy — University of Kentucky
Doug Dennis — St. Francis High School
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For more information about our faculty including full biographies please click here.

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