WHO WE ARE
The National Parliamentary Debate League is the umbrella organization for high school parliamentary debate. It is a 501(c)(3) public benefit nonprofit corporation. Voting membership is open to any high school in the United States that competes in parliamentary debate. Active and current member schools are listed here.
Parliamentary debate (a.k.a. “parli”) is a two-vs-two format. It differs from most other debate formats in that the debate topic changes every round and is usually announced about 15-20 minutes before the round begins. The precise rules may differ somewhat depending on the tournament, but the rules used at NPDL tournaments can be found here.
NPDL activities include:
organizing the NPDL Fall Invitational every fall,
organizing the NPDL Tournament of Champions every spring,
running biannual meetings of members,
creating resources for parli students and coaches,
maintaining the national rankings.
History of Champions
2023-2024
NPDL-TOC Champions: Isaac Grolnic-McClurg & Jacob Goldman (Berkeley)
NPDL-TOC Runners-up: Syon Patel & Logan Ramanathan (Nueva)
Nationals Champions: Alex Doft & Jack Greenberg (Horace Mann)
Nationals Runners-up: Ariel Segura & Durdona Melisova (Brooklyn Technical)
Top Ranked Team: Syon Patel & Logan Ramanathan (Nueva)
2nd Ranked Team: Zoe Manges & Asha Tandon (Horace Mann)
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2022-2023
NPDL-TOC Champions: Adam Kan & Rohan Sachdev (Nueva)
NPDL-TOC Runners-up: Keira Chatwin & Michelle Liou (Los Altos/Mountain View)
Nationals Co-Champions: Enchan Lee & Arnob Mitra (Ridge)
Nationals Co-Champions: Meera Shah & Ziyi Chen (Ridge)
Top Ranked Team: Keira Chatwin & Michelle Liou (Los Altos/Mountain View)
2nd Ranked Team: Adam Kan & Rohan Sachdev (Nueva)
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2021-2022
NPDL-TOC Champions: Rosie Bultman & Kai Teigen (Berkeley)
NPDL-TOC Runners-up: Pascal Descollonges & Timothy Zhu (Nueva)
Top Ranked Team: Rosie Bultman & Kai Teigen (Berkeley)
2nd Ranked Team: Keira Chatwin & Michelle Liou (Los Altos/Mountain View)
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2020-2021
NPDL-TOC Co-Champions: Zahara Agarwal & Jackson Deutch (Menlo-Atherton)
NPDL-TOC Co-Champions: Maya Bodnick & Sathvik Nori (Menlo-Atherton/Nueva)
Top Ranked Team: Maya Bodnick & Sathvik Nori (Menlo-Atherton)
2nd Ranked Team: Cathy Kenderski & Neha Ravikumar (Campolindo)
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2019-2020
The 2019-2020 NPDL-TOC was cancelled due to COVID-19.
Top Ranked Team: Maya Bodnick & Sathvik Nori (Menlo-Atherton)
2nd Ranked Team: Sheryl Chen & Katie Doran (Menlo-Atherton)
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2018-2019
NPDL-TOC Champions: Shannon Bonet & Sharon Yuan (Campolindo)
NPDL-TOC Runners-up: Vikram Agrawal & Jerry Yang (Ridge)
Top Ranked Team: Shannon Bonet & Sharon Yuan (Campolindo)
2nd Ranked Team: Ryan Lee & Sophie Stankus (Los Altos/Campolindo)
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2017-2018
NPDL-TOC Champions: Kevin Deng & Krish Visht (Campolindo)
NPDL-TOC Runners-up: William Zeng & Ryan Lee (Los Altos)
Top Ranked Team: Kevin Deng & Krish Visht (Campolindo)
2nd Ranked Team: Devin Pracar & Ryan Booth (Bentley)
Donate
The NPDL greatly appreciates donations of any amount, which are made as 100% tax-deductible contributions because our organization is a registered 501(c)3 public benefit corporation. Donations are especially useful in expanding access to fee waivers and subsidizing the participation of under-resourced schools and families in parliamentary debate tournaments.