As English parliamentary debate becomes more popular around the world, building judging quality
is a challenge that new and developing communities inevitably face. As such communities suffer
from a lack of experienced judges, they must find a way to both ensure an acceptable level of
quality in adjudication at tournaments and build judging quality. This article surveys this issue by
identifying three key areas of focus: (1) employing a balanced judging rubric, (2) adopting a
conferral judging process, and (3) implementing a system of training and evaluating judges. For
each area, an authoritative Worlds-level tournament’s implementation along with a national or
regional circuit’s adaptation is discussed, in order to identify implementable benchmarks. Based
on this analysis of best practices, this article provides practical recommendations for refining the
quality of judging and tournament experience within nascent and developing English
parliamentary debating communities.
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