The Bay Area Urban Debate League, founded in the summer of 2008, is a non-profit organization that works with San Francisco Bay Area public school districts to create and maintain debate teams in under-resourced urban schools.

We believe that debate increases students academic performance, enriches and expands their college and career opportunities, and trains them to become active and responsible leaders in their communities. Therefore, the BAUDL works to make competitive policy debate available to all Bay Area high school students. To this end, BAUDL trains Bay Area teachers to become debate coaches, instructs students at summer institutes and weekend workshops, hosts debate tournaments and other events for Bay Area debaters, and coordinates the efforts of urban educators and debate experts to create and promote best practices for the recruitment, retention, and training of a next generation of leaders.

Along with its school district partners, BAUDL is supported by the efforts of a broad range of community and business leaders. As such, any support you can provide is very much appreciated. Please volunteer or donate.

BAUDL is an affiliate of the National Association for Urban Debate Leagues. To learn more about NAUDL, visit www.urbandebate.org.

Advisory Board

Darin Snyder, Chair
OMelveny & Myers, LLP

J. Daniel Plants, Vice Chair
Voce Capital LLC; Ideadigm LLC

Jill E. Fox, Treasurer
Hoge, Fenton, Jones & Appel, Inc.

Kina Lamblin

Dmitri Seals
University of California, Berkeley

Lexy Green
College Preparatory School

Steve Weiner
Endowment for California Leadership

Ben Crosson
WSGR

Leah Castella
McDonough, Holland & Allen

Greg Ballard
former CEO of Glu Mobile