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2022 National Catholic Forensic League Grand National Speech and Debate Tournament held in Washington, DC

news | May 27, 2022

Firm partner Ann Marie Duffy is currently serving a 2-year term as President of the National Catholic Forensic League (NCFL).

NCFL is a speech and debate league that was formed in 1951.  It is organized into regions that correspond to Roman Catholic dioceses.  Member schools include both public and parochial high schools. The annual tournament, held each year over Memorial Day weekend, offers an array of speech, debate, and student-congress events throughout the 3-day event.  This year’s tournament was held in Washington May 27-29.  Students from across the country met together in-person for the first time in two years to compete for the National Championship Award.