Who Are We?

The Leland High School Speech and Debate team, an organization located at Leland High School, San Jose, California, is a co-educational extracurricular, non-profit organization founded in 1975 to promote the activity of forensics on the high school level. Students of all levels compete in interpretative, improvisational, creative and debate-based events and compete with other students from around the country. Since its founding, the team has competed in the Coast Forensic League and has consistently ranked among the best in the nation.

The team is also an official member of the National Forensics League, the governing arm of forensics for secondary education. For more information, please visit the official website at www.nflonline.org.

Currently, Kelly Wu is the president of Leland Speech and Debate for the 2011-12 season.

The current webmaster for the website is Jeff Huang.

Leland Speech and Debate Alumni Assocation

The Leland Speech and Debate Alumni Association brings together past and present team members and supporters to create a network of friends to help graduates stay informed about the team's recent activities and successes. The association's goal is to build a sustainable framework for fundraising, volunteering, and coaching to promote the long-term excellence of the team. For more information, visit our facebook page!

Bret Harte Speech and Debate

The Leland Speech and Debate team frequently works with the middle schoolers of its sister school, Bret Harte Middle School. Organized by Leland's very own Kairav Sinha, students from middle schools work hard all year long in order to prepare for the end-of-the-year Burnett Middle School Tournament. The goal is to both get children started off early on this great event and to bring the excitement of speech and debate to younger students. For more information, visit the Bret Harte Speech and Debate homepage!