Parent judges are needed in every round of the tournament to maintain its integrity and ensure the tournament runs on schedule. The judging requirement is based on the student's number of speech and debate events. If the judging requirement cannot be met by a competitor's parent(s), the competitor can arrange for a substitute judge(s) to fulfill the requirement. Students attending with a chaperone must still meet the parent judging requirment by having the chaperone register to judge or another substitute judge.
All speech competitors are required to provide a judge for a minimum of two rounds for every speech event they are registered for. For example, if you register for three speech events, then you are required to provide judges for a minimum of six rounds.
All Debate competitors are required to judge two rounds for every debate event for which they are registered.
Clubs are encouraged to work together to fulfill the judging requirements for their members.