Every year the IPPF Finals are judged by some of the world's foremost experts in politics, debate, business, and law. 

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Previous judges have included:

 

Alex Abdo

Former Senior Staff Attorney

ACLU Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project

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William A. Brewer III
Partner
Brewer, Attorneys & Counselors

 

Ret. General Wesley K. Clark
United States Army

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Sarah K. Cowan, Ph.D.

Executive Director

NYU Cash Transfer Lab

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Reid Detchon
Senior Advisor for Climate Solutions

United Nations Foundation

 

Fred Guterl
Former Executive Editor
Scientific American

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Richard N. Haass, Ph.D.

President

Council on Foreign Relations

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Jon Paul Lupo

Former Director of Intergovernmental Affairs

Mayor Bill de Blasio's Office

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Mike Massimino, Ph.D.

Astronaut

NASA

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Michael Posner

Former Assistant Secretary of State
U.S. State Department

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Kathryn Rubino

Senior Editor

Above the Law

 

John Sexton, Ph.D.
President Emeritus
New York University

 

Marschall Smith
Former Senior Vice President of Legal Affairs
and General Counsel
3M Co.

 

Robin Sparkman
Former Editor in Chief
The American Lawyer

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Raghu Sundaram, Ph.D.

Dean

NYU Stern School of Business

 

Sandra Whitehouse, Ph.D.
President
Ocean Wonks LLC

 

Howard Wolfson
Former Deputy Mayor
New York City

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