National Forensic League Community

A place to ask general forensic-related questions; helping the newbies!

A place for coaches and student squad leaders to convene and help one another.

Camps/institutes are a way to hone your skills and increase your network of friends in this activity.

Discuss intercollegiate speech and debate and reminisce about your high school days.

The best place to come up with 7-minute posts in under 30.

Oratory, Informative or other public address events where students write and deliver their own speeches.

Better be fast on your feet in this event!

Students hone interpersonal skills to negotiate small group dynamics to solve problems (ID, IN, MI, MN, WI)

Discuss aspects of characterization and tactics for blocking (movement).

Discuss all aspects of literary selections and cutting here.

So you think you can make me laugh. Just try.

Oh, the drama! The serious side of interpretive performance.

Two-person performances without physical and eye contact allowed. Duet Acting can post here.

Like Prose, but without all those paragraphs.

Like Poetry, but without all those verses.

Tell a story... pretty simple explanation there.

Perform a speech someone else wrote.

Model U.S. Congress - your online home during "recess."

Current issues oriented debate.

Also referred to as Cross-X and/or Team Debate

Philosophies may clash without warning!

Primarily a collegiate form, practiced in California and gaining steam elsewhere.

Who is going where, and what are the results?

Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia and DC.

Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio.

North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Idaho, and Utah.

Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona.

Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida.

California, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Alaska, and Hawaii.

Discuss the topic of the week - share your views and see what others have to say!

Be reasonable and tactful in your discussion of these often controversial topics.

Keep things to a PG-rating, people. FOL is for all ages

Word associations, randomness and other games to test your wits!