1. Legal Debates ICM Sarajevo
Raise your hands how many have organised a legal debate?
Raise your hands how many are planning to organise one?

2. Critical thinking Analytic skills Public skills

3. Interactive Comparatively little preparation time Flexible

4. Briding theory and practice
Moot court competitions
Legal debates

5. So what is it?

6. No-one knows
There are a lot of different debate formats in the world, all of them have a different set of rules, however the main goal behind them is to grant an equal opportunity for both teams, to present their case.

7. A definition by the Estonian Debating Society
Debate is a formal contest of argumentation according to specific rules.
Motion that is debated has been provided and the sides are drawn.
Debate ends with a decision made by an impartial judge.

8. Structure British Parliamentary
15 min preparation
5-7 min speeches
II government teams
II opposition teams
Points of Information

9. Structure American Parliamentary
15 min preparation
7, 8, 8, 8, 4, 5 min speeches
I goverment team
I opposition team
Points of Information

10. Types of motions This house believes
THBT every criminal defendant should be required to use a government provided defense lawyer

11. Types of motions This house would
In cases of persistent tax evasion, THW revoke an individuals right to vote THW make bosses criminally liable for the corruption of their subordinates

12. Types of motions Policy Vs Values
The beauty of debating: emphasis on analysing 1) what is the impact of the policies we have; 2) why do we have some values

13. The key to debating?
What?
Why?

14. With whom to coperate?

15. Your time to shine

16. Volunteers for: 3 judges 2 speakers for speeches of 3 minutes