forensic association type non profit organization headquarters nassau and suffolk counties ny key people lydia esslinger president brother john mcgrory treasurer website http www.lifa.org the long island forensic association is a non profit organization which direct high school competitive speech events . it is affiliated with the new york state forensics league . lifa is a daughter league of the new york state forensics league nysfl . it is co affiliated with the long island chapter of the national catholic forensic league cfl . the word forensic is an adjective meaning of public debate or argument . the word is derived from the latin word forensis meaning of the forum . the sense of the word forensic that means pertaining to legal trials dates from the 17th century oxford english dictionary and led to the use of the word forensics in reference to legal evidence . events edit each year lifa hosts speech congress and debate tournaments for honors in a wide variety of events which may lead to qualification for the new york state championship tournament . these events include lincoln douglas debate ld public forum debate pfd ted turner debate foreign extemporaneous speaking fx or ix domestic extemporaneous speaking dx or usx original oratory oo dramatic interpretation di humorous interpretation hi duo interpretation duo student congress congress see also edit new york state forensics league nysfl 1 national catholic forensic league 2 external links edit lifa website lifa website official website website of the national forensic league the rostrum the nfl s official magazine archive of rostrum articles from the university of vermont s debate central . nfl district standings the annual school standings within each district of the national forensic league . national forensic league manual national forensic league manual that explains every aspect of the organization . national tournament manual the manual of the national tournament which covers all information regarding the tournament . district tournament manual information and procedures involving the process of the district tournament . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title long island forensic association & oldid 647072040 categories student debating societiespublic speaking navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 14 february 2015 at 08 42 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view