UIL State CX Debate Hired Judge Information Form 2025

Judges will need a laptop or tablet computer to access electronic ballots through our SpeechWire tournament management system. Instructions on registering in SpeechWire will be posted to the UIL CX Debate State Tournament webpage.

This form is for CX judges hired by the UIL State Office

If this does not describe your role, please select the appropriate form here.

You should only fill out this form if the UIL State Office has already confirmed that you will be hired by the League to serve as a UIL Hired CX Judge. If you have been hired by a school, do not fill out this form, fill out the school judge form.

IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS (Please read entirely before beginning!):
Thank you for agreeing to judge at the UIL CX Debate State Meet.

You will receive an email from the UIL business department via DocuSign with a link to complete your payroll paperwork electronically. If you are unable to complete the electronic form, please contact the UIL Speech and Debate department for a paper version or if you have questions.

Fill in all requested information by February 13. Blanks marked with an asterisk (*) are REQUIRED; you will not be able to submit your form without completing them. Please DO NOT type in all caps or all lowercase; type using normal case only. Be sure to review your information carefully.

After you have completed all requested information, you must click the "Submit" button in order for your information to be sent to the UIL state office. Hit the Submit button only once, and then wait for your confirmation page.

The confirmation page states specifically that your form has been submitted, and stamps the date and time of submission. Print this confirmation for your records. If the confirmation page does not list your correct first and last name at the top, the form has not been successfully submitted. If you do not see this confirmation, we have not received your form - please try again.

*****IMPORTANT*****
Print a copy of the confirmation page for your records.

Judge Contact Information

*Judges should check into the Speechwire 15 minutes before the round officially begins.

CX Debate Experience

CX Debate Judging Philosophy (All philosophy information is required.) *
In the space below, please provide details of your CX judging philosophy. This description should cover specific details of the criteria you use to evaluate CX debate rounds; it should not merely be a restatement of the checklist items further down the page. Elaborate. Also, please do not include style and delivery preferences in the philosophy box; use the separate box provided.
IMPORTANT NOTE: The comments you submit will be made available to tournament participants, so think carefully about what you write and proof for typing errors!

Questionnaire

List any schools or teams you should not judge due to current or prior affiliation (within 5 years). Include all schools or debaters you have coached, conducted workshops or clinics with, etc. If none, enter "none."

Important: include their UIL conference 1A-6A following each school you list below.

IMPORTANT: Please scroll back through and verify that you have entered all required information correctly AND completely BEFORE clicking Submit. You will not be able to make further changes after you click Submit. Please click Submit only once.

After hitting submit please be patient and wait for the confirmation page.
****** DO NOT HIT THE BACK BUTTON******

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First Name*	Last Name*
Address *	City *
Zip *
School Phone	Evening Phone
Mobile Phone *
Preferred E-mail Address *	Alternate E-mail Address
Do you have any mobility issues?* YesNo
Are you a UT Employee? * Yes No (If yes, please specify department and mail code below.)
UT Department	Campus Mail Code

Policy debate in high school	Where? When? Year graduated?
Policy debate (NDT) in college	Where? When?
Policy debate (CEDA) in college	Where? When?
LD debate (NFA) in college	Where? When?
Policy debate (NPDA) in college	Where? When?
Coach policy debate in high school	Where? When?
Coach policy debate in college	Where? When?

Judge policy debate often?*	YesNo
Number of tournament rounds judged this year on this topic *
Number of tournaments judged this year *
List a minimum of 3 tournaments where you have judged on this topic: *

A. Preferred quantity of arguments:	12345
(Range - 1=Limited quantity, 5=Unlimited quantity)

B. Topicality arguments:	12345
(Range - 1=Rarely vote on, 5=Vote on often)

C. Counterplans:	12345
(Range - 1=Unacceptable, 5=Acceptable)

D. Disadvantages:	12345
(Range - 1=Not Essential, 5=Essential)

E. Conditional arguments:	12345
(Range - 1=Unacceptable, 5=Acceptable)

G. New Arguments in the 2nd Negative Constructive:	12345
(Range - 1=Unacceptable, 5=Acceptable)