Tuesday, June 26: Topic (de)Construction

On Tuesday, the students in Josh, Chetan, and AT's lab enjoyed a variety of topic discussion and lecture in preparation for the case positions they will be turning in on Wednesday. The morning session began with a brilliantly informative lecture on casing technique by Chetan, emphasizing considerations of clarity, strategy, and developed warrants. Our afternoon lab debriefed regarding Monday night's demonstration debate between Liz Mullins and Shane O'Neil. This developed into a great discussion about strategic decision-making and argument "packaging." The lab also did a number of flowing diagnostics—initially flowing an actual case used on the year's previous domestic violence topic. This segued into a discussion of frameworking techniques. Finally, the lab got into their evidence groups to compile an argument list, which from there, expanded into a position list. We'd like to specifically commend Seif for his constant and thoughtful contributions throughout the entire day. We continue with spirit and thrift!