Equality in Forensics - Lincoln-Douglas Resources

LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE
FREE RESOURCE CENTER

This page is home to the Equality in Forensics Lincoln-Douglas Resource Center, with separate sections of compiled guides and tutorials for all events, topic briefs and progressive prep, and a section of video tutorials and demo debates (last two coming soon!).

Many thanks to our incredible team of contributors for making this resource center a reality.

UPCOMING EVENTS/OPPORTUNITIES -

EIF LD Progressive Demo Debate #1 - Kritik v Kritik (Launch Date: Next Weekend)
Intermediate Guides Launch - (May 1st, 2026)

RESOURCE GUIDES

Tutorials on every aspect of Lincoln-Douglas Debate.

THE BASICS

Welcome to Lincoln-Douglas Debate!

1. What is Lincoln-Douglas Debate?
2. Speech-by-Speech Breakdown of an LD Round

3. In Between Speeches
4. Research and Casework

5. Progressive vs. Traditional

INTRODUCTORY GUIDES

An introduction to being on your way to top-level debate.

6. Intro to Framework
7. Intro to Rebuttals

8. Intro to Philosophy in Traditional Debate
9. Intro to Circuit Debate
10. Intro to Disadvantages
11. Intro to Kritiks
12. Intro to Theory
13. Intro to Tricks

14. Intro to Counterplans + Basic Competition

INTERMEDIATE GUIDES

Start mastering your craft.

15. Utilitarianism and Maximizing Well-Being
16. The Importance of Weighing
17. Affirming v. the Kritik
18. Rawls in Traditional LD
19. Identity Kritiks
20. Kant in Traditional LD

21. Structural Violence in Traditional LD
22. The Capitalism K
23. Negating vs the Kritikal Affirmative

24. The Psychoanalysis K (Basics)

ADVANCED GUIDES

The sky's the limit!

⚠️ IN PROGRESS ⚠️

LECTURES & DEBATES

Learn from the very best on the circuit.