Tips from last year's teams and judges

Address your problem and solution in your opening statement
Make sense
Make eye contact
Speak slowly and clearly
Be polite to others
Strong conclusion
Good note-taking
Nothing rude
Nothing inappropriate
Breathe
Powerful opening and closing
Shake hands with opposite team and judge, right hand
Rebut EVERYTHING
Stay calm
Stress larger arguments and get rid of smaller ones
Quote 3-4 sources at least
Be prepared and organized
Have an alternate plan for the problem
Don’t act nervous
Know court cases very well
Use statistics
Carry your main arguments
A little humor is ok
Start to rebut right away
Explain arguments
Go over arguments again at the end
Impact analysis (what is more important)
Address the arguments you are rebutting
Point be point argumentation
Don’t drop key issues
Analyze evidence