Since its founding in 2003, then as the Dallas Debate Institute, hundreds of students from eleven states have attended Pinnacle Winter Seminars in Dallas, Houston, and New York. Over the past six years, Pinnacle has given dedicated students a chance to use part of their winter vacation to immerse themselves in intense preparation for the January/February resolution with some of the nation’s top instructors.

Each December, Pinnacle provides students the opportunity to learn general debate skills, theory, strategy, casing, and research.  Participants learn in a variety of different settings, including large group lectures, small group labs, one-on-one casing time, and practice rounds.

Committed to Excellence and Accessibility

Since its founding in 2003, Pinnacle Debate has been committed to making our program available to all students, regardless of background, school or family income.  To that end, we have provided over $20,000 in scholarships and tuition discounts.  As a result of these efforts, we are proud to say, no Pinnacle student has ever been turned away due to financial need.  This support has undoubtedly enriched the lives of our directors and faculty, and we believe the same can be said of the students who have joined us under our scholarship programs.  Coaches, parents and students can rest assured that Pinnacle's commitment to accessibility remains as strong today as it did the day of our founding. 

We look forward to welcoming you in December.

Our alumni have experienced tremendous success after attending the seminar.  The following list illustrates some of our students’ recent achievements:

Champions

•NFL Nationals (Todd Liipfert 2008)

•CFL Nationals (Karlyn Gorski 2009  Ellen Noble 2008)

•TFA State (Devin Race 2009¸ Andy Werner 2006)

•Greenhill Round Robin (Daniel Lumpee 2009)

•Bronx Round Robin (Ben Lewis 2009)

•Harvard Invitational (Matt Dunay 2009)

•Vassar Round Robin (Dylan Scher 2009)

•Iowa Round Robin (Josh Roberts 2009)

•University of California at Berkeley (Becca Traber 2008)

•Victory Briefs Tournament (David Donatti/Paul Tyger 2008)

•Emory (Wade Houston 2007)

Finalists

•Greenhill/ Greenhill RR (Ben Lewis 2009)

•The Glenbrooks (J.P. Gooderham 2008)

•Stanford (Paul Tyger 2008, 2009)

•Greenhill Round Robin (Wade Houston 2007)

•Tournament of Champions (David Weeks 2006)