April 4, 2022
The AUCA Law Debate competition aims to provide high school students from Central Asia with an opportunity to come forward and experience the art of debating on legal issues.This will allow high school students to showcase their skills and get scholarships to study in one of the leading law programs in Central Asia.
Debate Resolution/Theme
"Gender quotas in elections are necessary to achieve gender equality"
Eligibility and Format
The competition is open to all high school students (11 th grade) across Central Asia. The format of the competition will be fully online and will be conducted via the Zoom platform. Zoom links will be sent to participants via e-mail.
Important Dates
Last Date for Registration 鈥 April 15, 2022
Date of Competition 鈥 April 23, 24, 2022
Venue 鈥 Zoom
Prize
The first three winners will get scholarships to study at AUCA Law Program.
Certificates of participation will be given to all participants.
Note: Electronic certificates will be issued.
Debate Rules
FORMAT OF THE DEBATE
The competition will be held in the form of an academic debate. Participation shall be on an individual basis (1 vs. 1). There shall be two sides in the competition. The proposition side is called the Affirmative, and the opposition side is called the Negative. The Affirmative side represents the Government, while the Negative side represents the Opposition. One round of debate consists of four speeches. Here is the order of speeches:
The first 9 minutes provided to speakers should be used to advance the most important arguments of each side. The opinion of the speaker must be backed up by a legal principle, theory, or authority/source. If a speaker cites facts, he/she must be able to give full details of the news article, report, etc., from which the facts are cited.
During the rebuttal and surrebuttal the speakers must adhere to the disciplinary guidelines that include the following:
Exceeding the total time without the permission of judges would attract negative marking.听
The speakers will not be able to ask each other questions or speak with one another during the debate rounds.
The decision of the judges would be final and not subject to appeal.
TIME LIMITS听 FOR EACH SPEAKER
Preliminary Rounds - 12 minutes (including rebuttals)听听
Semi-Final Rounds - 12 minutes (including rebuttals)
Final Rounds - 12 minutes (including rebuttals)
LANGUAGE
The debate will be held in English. Speaking Russian or any other language is not allowed.
ZOOM RULES
Since the debate will be conducted on an online platform, each participant鈥檚 video should be turned on throughout the round. However, the microphone should be turned on only when it is his/her chance to speak.
DECORUM OF THE COMPETITION
All the participants must observe a formal dress code on both days.
Terms and Conditions of the Scholarship