书状提交截止日期在即，组委会特推出本期推送以提醒各参赛赛队：已完成书状写作的赛队在最后时刻更要重视书状的润色修改，切勿放过最后的提升完善机会；尚未完成书状写作的赛队应抓紧时间完成书状，切勿因错过书状提交时间而遗憾失分。
依据《2019年国际刑事法院中文模拟法庭比赛程序规则》（修改版）（以下简称《规则》），书状单元评分总规则如下：
各参赛队伍的书状单元得分由辩护方律师、检方律师以及政府律师这三个角色的书状得分组成，每份书状总分为100分。
两名法官依照本规则第二十一条之规定分别对每份书状进行评分，评分结果的基础上取平均数，并计总罚分后所得的分数，即为该份书状的最终分数，进而构成该参赛队伍书状单元得分。具体公式为：
每份书状得分＝（法官1评分结果＋法官2评分结果）÷2－应扣分数
书状单元得分＝所提交的每份书状得分之和
依据《规则》第六章第三十四条：为便于各参赛队对罚分方面有更好的了解，现根据《程序规则》，将书状罚分细则总结如下：
此外组委会从以下几方面建议对各赛队提出书状修改的建议，仅供各赛队参考以启发思路，不具有赛事拘束效力：
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“The legal memorandum is the most formal, polished, and comprehensive written document for reporting the results of your legal research and the process of your logic reasoning. ”
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01
Polish the Wording
Every good lawyer knows that persuasion begins with framing the issue, and framing the issue begins with effective word choice. Nothing may be more important than the words chosen by the writer to convey the client’s argument. The last thing you want to do is misrepresent the facts or the law, because that won’t encourage the judicial reader to do anything in your favor.
● 重读书状内容，有无不妥词句，有无不适当的暗示或引起歧义的偏向；
● 检查语句结构是否符合基本语法要求，有无病句；
● 注意标点符号的规范使用。
02
Check the Citation
A reference properly written in “legal citation” strives to do at least three things, within limited space:
✦ identify the document and document part to which the writer is referring
✦ provide the reader with sufficient information to find the document or document part in the sources the reader has available (which may or may not be the same sources as those used by the writer), and
✦ furnish important additional information about the referenced material and its connection to the writer’s argument to assist readers in deciding whether or not to pursue the reference.
● 重视脚注格式的内部统一和规范完整；
● 注意引注序号在正文中的规范摆放位置；
● 检查“缩略语”、“同上注”、“同前注”等情况。
03
Clarify the Reasoning
IRAC (Issue, Rule, Analysis, and Conclusion)forms the fundamental building blocks of legal analysis. It is the process by which lawyers think about any legal problem.
✦ ISSUE: What facts and circumstances brought these parties to court?
✦ RULE: What is the governing law for the issue?
✦ ANALYSIS: Does the rule apply to these unique facts?
✦ CONCLUSION: How does the court's holding modify the rule of law?
CRRACC is an elaborated form of IRAC(Conclusion, Rule, Rule Proof, Application, Counterargument, Conclusion).
✦ RR reminds you to state the relevant legal Rule as you have synthesized it from the sources of legal authority (i.e., constitutions, statutes, regulations, and decisional or common law), and then support this rule statement with some organized explanation and discussion of the legal authority upon which the rule statement is based (i.e., the Rule Proof).
✦ CC reminds you to raise important Counterarguments, i.e., contrary approaches to the way you have synthesized the rule or applied the rule to your facts, before stating your Conclusion.
● 重视重要案例的研读和研究分析；
Questions to ask when reading a case:
What are the elements that prove the rule?
What are the exceptions to the rule?
From what authority does it come? Common law, statute, new rule?
What's the underlying public policy behind the rule?
Are there social considerations?
Which facts help prove which elements of the rule?
Why are certain facts relevant?
How do these facts satisfy this rule?
What types of facts are applied to the rule?
How do these facts further the public policy underlying this rule?
What's the counter-argument for another solution?
● 确认书状论证的内在逻辑线索是否通畅；
● 检查论证推导过程是否合理。
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Outline the Structure
● 重视各级标题的长度、语句结构、信息量、简洁性；
● 确认目录对于书状论证思路的明确反映。
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