with more than 325 participants, coaches, and judges in attendance.
The UTD debate team placed in the top five at the American Debate Association national championships each year between 2009 and 2012.
UTD placed in the Top 10 of the National Debate Tournament in 2016.
In 2012 and 2018, the UTD debate team made it to the Sweet 16 of the Cross Examination Debate Association (CEDA) national tournament.
The UTD debate team qualified and placed in the finals of the Cross Examination Debate Association (CEDA) national tournament in 2019. In the same year, the UTD speech team qualified for and placed at the American Forensic Association national tournament and the National Forensic Association national tournament.
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The school fields teams in the pre-law competitions: Moot Court, Mock Trial and Mediation. UTD is one of the few schools in Texas to field teams in all three major undergraduate legal advocacy competitions.
Achievements include the following:
In November 2009, the UT Dallas team won the …
