Mayer Brown Hosts Nationals Qualifier
Whitney Young and Lane Tech to represent Chicago at Chase National Championship in New York City


Teams from the CDL have a long and successful history competing in urban debate national championships, having won the past two NAUDL national championships and three of the four Fuqua National UDL Celebration Championships held in Atlanta earlier in the decade.
Lane Tech senior Carl Jiang expressed his excitement about representing the CDL at UDL nationals. “If there was ever a more exciting and competitive location for this tournament than Chicago it would be New York. My partner and I are absolutely psyched to go. We expect tough competition but at the same time we are determined to defend the Chicago title. Let’s just say, we intend to make the last tournament of our senior year really count.”

Mary Richardson-Lowry, Partner and Chair of MB’s Committee on Diversity and Inclusion, offered her perspective on the firm’s sponsorship of the event. “We are very proud of our partnership with the NAUDL, Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Debate Commission. The Mayer Brown CDL Nationals Qualifier provided debaters an opportunity to hone and display their critical thought and persuasive speaking skills while providing our lawyers a chance to interact with and learn from local students as they judged debates, shared meals and participated in small group discussions.”