The Brewer Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Brewer, Attorneys & Counselors, announces a landmark partnership with the HBCU National Speech and Debate Organization (HBCU NSDO) to integrate the International Public Policy Forum’s (IPPF) curriculum into HBCU debate programs nationwide. Founded in 2001 by the Brewer Foundation and now jointly administered by New York University (NYU), IPPF is the only global debate tournament that challenges high school teams to compete throu

The International Public Policy Forum closed its largest high school debate tournament ever on Saturday, April 18th, crowning North Allegheny Senior High School of Wexford, Pennsylvania as the 25th IPPF Champion. Their path to the title began six months earlier, when they, along with 331 other teams from around the world, entered the tournament. This year's resolution challenged teams to address the global education crisis, Resolved: The Group of 20 Nations should levy a glob

The 25th annual International Public Policy Forum Finals will be held at NYU School of Law on Saturday, April 18. The final debate will begin at 3:30 ET. The debate will be livestreamed for viewers across the world. All finals judge biographies can be found below. Judges William A. Brewer III Mr. Brewer co-founded the national litigation firm of Brewer, Attorneys & Counselors in 1984. Since that time, he has earned a national reputation as one of the most successful lawyers i

The 25th annual International Public Policy Forum Finals will be held at NYU School of Law on Saturday, April 18. The first semifinal round will begin at 10:10 AM ET and the second semifinal will begin at 11:40 AM ET. Both semifinal rounds will be livestreamed for viewers across the world; the link will be made available on the IPPF homepage. All semifinal judge biographies can be found below. Semifinal One Jason Snyder Jason Snyder is a partner in the New York office of Bre

The 25th annual International Public Policy Forum Finals will be held at NYU School of Law on Saturday, April 18. The quarterfinal rounds will begin at 8:15 AM ET between the "Elite Eight" teams. All quarterfinal judge biographies can be found below. BASIS International School Shenzhen v. Ivy Bridge Academy Andrew Ni Andrew Ni is an incoming MD/PhD student at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and a Brown PLME student studying Neuroscience and Computational

The 25th anniversary IPPF Finals Weekend kicks off on Friday, April 17 with our inaugural symposium, Educating the World: Obligation, Opportunity, or Overreach? hosted in collaboration by New York University Global TIES for Children. The panel will be moderated by Global TIES Director Florencia Lopez-Boo and panelists will include academics from NYU, Columbia University, Howard University, and United World Colleges. The biographies for the panelists and moderator can be fou