Iowa LD is 13 years old and 19 former Iowa participants have appeared in the Final LD Round of the NFL National Tournament!

Be the best. Be at Iowa.

Our staff of champions have either won or coached the winners of every national LD and Policy tournaments, including the NDT, TOC, NFL, CFL, Emory, St. Marks, Glenbrooks, Wake Forest, USC, Stanford, Northwestern, and numerous State Debate Champions.

Iowa has the lab that's right for you.  Instead of waiting until your senior year, Iowa uniquely offers "Top Lab" instruction to students of all ages and levels of experience.  Iowa's instructors lead the top labs at many 2nd session institutes.

Iowa's staff to student ratio promises the one-on-one instruction needed to gain the advantage on the highly technical argument issues challenging debaters today!

The Lincoln-Douglas Institute brings together the best LD debaters in the nation, as evidenced by the elimination rounds of the year's best tournaments and round robins. Time after time, Iowa graduates meet in final rounds.