| Judging and Scoring |
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| 73. In the general rounds, scoring shall consist of two parts: the scoring of memorials and the scoring of the oral hearings. |
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| 74. Each memorial shall be assessed by two judges, at least one of whom is a current or former judge, lawyer, or law teacher, or otherwise experienced in the field of international law. The judges will be supplied with copies of the memorials with cover sheets showing only the teams’ individual moot number. The maximum score for each memorial shall be 100. The score for each memorial shall be the average of the scores out of 100 awarded by the two judges assessing their memorials. Such average score shall be assessed for the award of the Best Memorial to Prosecutor and Defendant side individually (refer to Rule 87). |
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| 75. With two memorials submitted by each team (refer to Rule 31), the total memorial score for assessment of each team’s eligibility to enter quarter-final round shall be the average score out of 100 calculated from the team’s Prosecutor and Defendant memorials. |
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| 76. The oral hearings shall be assessed by at least two judges in each oral hearing of the general rounds and by at least three judges in the oral hearings of quarter-final, semi-final and final rounds. At least one judge in each oral hearing of the general rounds, quarter-final and the semi-final rounds, and at least two judges in the oral hearing of the final round, shall be a current or former judge, lawyer, or law teacher, or otherwise experienced in the field of international law. |
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| 77. In the general rounds, the maximum score for each counsel shall be 200 and the maximum score for each team’s oral hearing shall be 400. The decision of the judges or the court shall be final. |
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| 78. The eight (8) teams with the highest average score out of 500 after the completion of the general rounds will meet in the quarter-final round. Each team’s average score out of 500 shall be determined by combining its memorial score out of 100 with the average of its two oral hearing scores out of 400 awarded in the general rounds, pursuant to Rules 73 through 77 above. |
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| 79. In the event that, after the completion of the general rounds, two or more of them have tied for eligibility for the quarter-final round, the team which earned the highest average score out of 400 for their oral hearings in the general rounds shall enter the quarter-final round. In the further event that such teams are also tied in their average score out of 400 for oral hearings in the general rounds, the team whose first counsel has the highest average score out of 200 for his or her oral hearings shall enter the quarter-final round. If a tie persists, the Organizing Committee Chairman or his/her representative shall discuss with the respective judges and the decision after discussion shall be final. |
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| 80. Copies of individual judges’ scoresheets of oral hearings will be distributed to the respective teams immediately after the announcement of the results of the general rounds. Participating teams may appeal to the Secretary/Assistant Secretary(ies) through their team coach or first counsel (if in the absence of team coach) within 15 minutes if any arithmetic error is identified. The Secretary/Assistant Secretary(ies) shall check and rectify any errors. If such rectification affects the teams entering the quarter-final round, the rectified results will be announced within 15 minutes after verification of the rectification. |
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| 81. Any appeal other than arithmetic error or exceeding 15 minutes after the announcement of the results shall not be handled. |
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| 82. In the quarter-final, semi-final and final rounds, the court will decide which is the winning team based on their oral presentation without scoring. |
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