2026 JAG Career Development Conference - Career Preparation Judge Volunteer - Middle School

Get Connected Icon Happens On Feb 26, 2026
Get Connected Icon 7:00 a.m. -2:00 p.m.

Description

JAG Nebraska’s Career Development Conference will be held on Thursday, February 26 at the Downtown Hilton (1001 Cass St.) from 7:30am-2:00pm. Please arrive and head to the 2nd floor to check in.

Parking: Park in the parking garage. Please bring your parking ticket with you when you check in to get your parking validated. 

JAG Nebraska students from across the state will take their skills learned in the JAG program and compete individually in various categories. 

Career Preparation Judges - Students will create a presentation lasting between 7 and 10 minutes on a career that interests them.  The judges will have three-minutes to evaluate the presentation focusing on the effectiveness of public speaking, presentation content, and how well the participant responded to questions that the judges asked during the presentation. 

Scoring rubrics will be provided. 

The presentations will take place from 7:30am – 12:20pm.

Volunteers should arrive no later than 7:30am.

Please join us for a networking lunch with JAG students after the competition.

There will be a Virtual Judges training offered on two different dates and times - a JAG representative will be reaching out to all judges for training. Judges will need to only pick one of the times below. 

Feb. 24 at 4:00pm

Feb. 25 at 8:00am

Please pick one here: CDC Judge's Preparatory Meeting Registration - Google Forms



Day of Schedule:

7:10am Judges arrive

7:30am Competitions begin

9:30am-11:20am: College/Career Fair

11:50 pm: Showcase events conclude

12:00pm Lunch/Program

1:15pm: Awards/Closing Ceremony/Pictures,

2:00pm: Dismissal

Details

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Location

Get Connected Icon Downtown Hilton
1001 Cass Street,
Omaha, NE  68102