“Ask Senior Staff” During Open Forum sessions, you will be able to get essential questions answered by senior staff – John Meany, Lauren Phillips, and Jake Meany.
Open Forum – 6:00 to 8:50PM
Open Forum is primarily student-directed time, meaning instruction is subject to the student(s) requests. In the evening from 6;00 to 8:50PM students are given the choice to take full advantage of staff by attending instructional electives; they also may choose to participate in both strategy games and team building activities.
Students are given the opportunity to act independently in a structured environment to make a decision (opportunity cost, a fundamental skill taught in the program) – building critical thinking, understanding the dynamics of communication and one’s power of choice, the characteristics of a young scholar.
COMMUTER STUDENTS, PLESE NOTE: pick-up is between 8:00 and 8:50 from Crown Hall Dormitory Main Lounge. Commuter students may leave at any time during these hours with pick-up from Crown Hall Dormitory Main Lounge. Commuters are welcome to stay until 8:50PM. There are optional, supervised debate instruction, and recreational opportunities available.
Claremont Village Socials
August 2 & August 4
6-8PM 
Please note! If you are a Commuter Student attending the social, pick-up is between 8:00 and 8:50 from Crown Hall Dormitory Main Lounge.
If you are a Commuter Student and choose not to attend the social, pick-up is still from 5:00-8:50PM for family convenience. Commuter students may leave at any time during these hours with pick-up from Crown Hall Dormitory Main Lounge. Commuters are welcome to stay until 8:50PM. There are optional, supervised debate instruction, and recreational opportunities available.
SPECIAL ELECTIVES
AUGUST 3 & AUGUST 5
7-8:50PM 
Open Forum will offer 16 elective sessions. Such additional instruction will be held by senior staff (including John Meany), and is based on both student requests and what the entirety of the senior staff feel that the current student cohort needs. Elective topics include best practices for individual speeches, case writing, advanced refutation, POI’s/heckling, and more.
On August 3rd, there will be four electives from 7-7:50PM and the same set will be repeated Again from 8-850PM.
On August 5th, four different electives will be offered and will be from 7-7:50PM and the same set will be repeated again from 8-8:50PM.
2019 CLAREMONT DEBATE AND LEADERSHIP INSTITUTES 