On Wednesday April 8th, 2026 the Monmouth University Debate Hawks are joining the League! NPDL.org welcomes another great university partner to our amazing network of debate coaches and teams. Monmouth Coach Joe Patten and his squad are generously traveling from New Jersey to York Correctional Institution (CI) in Niantic, Connecticut to debate the undefeated women of team Envoy. The debate topic centers around whether the United States should adopt the restorative model of justice? What do you think?

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