Alex Batesmith
Associate Prof, School of Law, University of Leeds. Teach/research legal professions, cause lawyers, (international) criminal law, transitional justice. Often focusing on Cambodia & Myanmar. Ex-UN prosecutor, barrister.
- 📯 @kieranmcevoy.bsky.social and I are very pleased to share the news that our article '"Closeted" Cause Lawyers in Authoritarian Cambodia' has been shortlisted for the @slsauk.bsky.social article of the year prize. #CauseLawyers #CauseLawyering More details here: www.linkedin.com/posts/batesm...
- Our guest-edited symposium on Professionals and Professionalism(s) in International Criminal Justice is now out: all 6 articles, a practitioner roundtable and a co-authored editorial with @ilariazavoli.bsky.social and Dr Nora Stappert: academic.oup.com/jicj/issue
- Several years in the making, we're pleased to finally see our Symposium in the Journal of Internat Crim Justice on #Professionals & #Professionalism in #InternationalCriminalJustice now out! Here's the Editorial, co-authored with Dr Ilaria Zavoli and Dr Nora Stappert academic.oup.com/jicj/advance...
- We're hiring two Lectureships in Law (Grade 8) - come and join us at @lawatleeds.bsky.social! If anyone is interested, please do get in touch (a.batesmith@leeds.ac.uk) - happy to speak in confidence. jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
- CALL CLOSES TODAY! If you're interested in presenting a paper for the @slsauk.bsky.social conference - and in particular the #Lawyers and #LegalProfessions stream, please do submit your abstract today. Hope to see you there!
- 'Oh I do like to be beside the seaside....' CALL FOR PAPERS NOW OPEN - SLSA Conference at the University of Sussex 30 March - 1 April 2026! Send in your abstracts for the Lawyers & Legal Profession stream here: www.sussex.ac.uk/collaborate/... (deadline 18 December). Ideas for a panel? Get in touch!
- Less than a week to go to submit your abstract to the Lawyers and Legal Professions stream at the SLSA conference in Brighton next March - details below!
- 'Oh I do like to be beside the seaside....' CALL FOR PAPERS NOW OPEN - SLSA Conference at the University of Sussex 30 March - 1 April 2026! Send in your abstracts for the Lawyers & Legal Profession stream here: www.sussex.ac.uk/collaborate/... (deadline 18 December). Ideas for a panel? Get in touch!
- Reposted by Alex BatesmithMr @batesmith.bsky.social and Dr Zavoli's landmark project has been several years in the making and brings together leading scholars and practitioners from across the world to explore critical questions about professionalism in international criminal law. Read more about it 👇 tinyurl.com/45yrmx55
- Reposted by Alex BatesmithCongratulations to @batesmith.bsky.social and Dr Ilaria Zavoli on their symposium being published #OpenAccess in the Journal of International Criminal Justice! 🎉
- Several years in the making, we're pleased to finally see our Symposium in the Journal of Internat Crim Justice on #Professionals & #Professionalism in #InternationalCriminalJustice now out! Here's the Editorial, co-authored with Dr Ilaria Zavoli and Dr Nora Stappert academic.oup.com/jicj/advance...
- Calling all #SocioLegal Scholars ...there's still time to submit your abstract for the Lawyers and Legal Professions stream at the @slsauk.bsky.social conference in Brighton next year - deadline 18th December.
- 'Oh I do like to be beside the seaside....' CALL FOR PAPERS NOW OPEN - SLSA Conference at the University of Sussex 30 March - 1 April 2026! Send in your abstracts for the Lawyers & Legal Profession stream here: www.sussex.ac.uk/collaborate/... (deadline 18 December). Ideas for a panel? Get in touch!
- Several years in the making, we're pleased to finally see our Symposium in the Journal of Internat Crim Justice on #Professionals & #Professionalism in #InternationalCriminalJustice now out! Here's the Editorial, co-authored with Dr Ilaria Zavoli and Dr Nora Stappert academic.oup.com/jicj/advance...
- 'Oh I do like to be beside the seaside....' CALL FOR PAPERS NOW OPEN - SLSA Conference at the University of Sussex 30 March - 1 April 2026! Send in your abstracts for the Lawyers & Legal Profession stream here: www.sussex.ac.uk/collaborate/... (deadline 18 December). Ideas for a panel? Get in touch!
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- Really enjoying swimming in a slightly different academic stream from the usual: here in Belfast for the European Sociological Association's Sociology of Emotions midterm conference "Emotions in Post-/ Conflict and Post-/ Crisis Societies"
- I'm trying to identify the person who deals with Equality, Diversity and Inclusion at the School of Law @uniofbradford.bsky.social - any ideas? It's for an invitation to join the Working Group of the #BarDiversityHub we're working on this coming academic year!
- Reposted by Alex BatesmithSession two, which focussed on contemporary developments in substantive crimes, was chaired by Caleb Wheeler with presentations from Victor Kattan (@victorkattan.bsky.social), Jolana Makraiová, Hemi Mistry (@hemimistry.bsky.social), Daryna Abbakumova & Francesco Cunsolo #UoN_ICL25 #IntlCrimJustice
- Reposted by Alex BatesmithWe begin the 2nd day of the UoN International Criminal Justice Conference by exploring the autobiographically constructed identities & emotional labour of intl criminal lawyers. Chaired by Mando Rachovitsa w/ presenters @ilariazavoli.bsky.social & @batesmith.bsky.social #UoN_ICL25 #IntlCrimJustice
- Very happy to be here presenting on #AutoHistories of #InternationalCriminalLawyers with @ilariazavoli.bsky.social (and later my own paper on #EmotionalLabour in #ICL)
- We are hugely excited to kick off the 2025 Nottingham International Criminal Law Conference this morning, bringing together leading academics, practitioners & policymakers to discuss current issues & recent developments in the field! #UoN_ICJ25 #IntlCrimJustice
- New podcast alert! Great to talk to @rachelkillean.bsky.social Lauren Dempster about their powerful, thought-provoking new book "Green Transitional Justice". Spread the word! newbooksnetwork.com/rachel-kille... #TransitionalJustice #GreenTransitionalJustice #EnvironmentalJustice #Nature
- 📢 Out today! Our article in Law & Society Review on #CauseLawyers in #Cambodia, exploring lawyers' strategies of #Closeting under #Authoritarianism: co-authored with @kieranmcevoy.bsky.social for @lawandsociety.bsky.social. Open access, too! 🔗 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
- Final day, final panel at #SLSA2025, with @richardmoorhead.bsky.social and team on the #HorizonScandal at the #PostOffice: telling the story of the failings and misfeasance of the lawyers.
- Jimmy McGovern tells a roomful of academics: "I don't understand why people spend time writing about nothing". Cue lots of knowing laughter. Priceless. #SLSA2025
- Day 2 #SLSA2025 "Liverpool and the Legacies of Hillsborough" introduced by Profs Helen Stalford and Marie Fox of @livunislsj.bsky.social
- Kicking things off at #SLSA2025 in the #Lawyers&LegalProfessions stream, @lawatleeds.bsky.social colleagues @parkendlydia.bsky.social and Steve Montagu-Cairns on the role of legal education in a world of AI and large language models
- Looking forward to being back in Liverpool for #SLSA2025 tomorrow! @ilariazavoli.bsky.social and I will be presenting on auto-histories in #InternationalCriminalJustice, and I'm co-convening the #Lawyers&LegalProfessions stream with Chalen Westaby. Huge crew coming from @lawatleeds.bsky.social too!
- Happening today here @lawatleeds.bsky.social! Join us at 5.30pm tonight join us for a very timely discussion with Prof Anthony Alfieri (Miami) & Prof Angela Onwuachi-Willig (Boston) on US Law Firms. I'll be asking Qs about Trump's assault on #lawyers and the #RuleOfLaw too. Details below...
- On 24 March at 5.30pm, we're delighted to host @univmiami.bsky.social's Prof Anthony Alfieri @lawatleeds.bsky.social who will be talking about race, US law firms and the new administration. All welcome, particularly practitioners & students. Sign-up details here: www.tickettailor.com/events/schoo...
- 📯 New podcast on the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social Law channel with Prof @abclapham.bsky.social of the @gvagrad.bsky.social about his award-winning book 'War' (now Open Access). Listen here: megaphone.link/NBNK5128625391
- On 24 March at 5.30pm, we're delighted to host @univmiami.bsky.social's Prof Anthony Alfieri @lawatleeds.bsky.social who will be talking about race, US law firms and the new administration. All welcome, particularly practitioners & students. Sign-up details here: www.tickettailor.com/events/schoo...
- Looking forward to being back in Liverpool and meeting old friends and colleagues, a decade on from when @livunislsj.bsky.social gave me my first job in academia. Amazing really considering my faux pas, assuming the panel were all fellow LFC Reds when they were mostly EFC Blues!
- Happy New Year #SocioLegal scholars! The call for abstracts for the @slsauk.bsky.social conference CLOSES TODAY, 6 Jan! Please send in any last-minute abstracts for the #Lawyers and #LegalProfessions stream. Details here: www.liverpool.ac.uk/law/slsa-202...
- The call for abstracts has been extended until 6 January 2025 for the @slsauk.bsky.social conference: a few more weeks to send your proposals in to us for the #Lawyers and #LegalProfessions stream! Oh, and Merry Christmas, #SocioLegalScholars!
- New podcast alert! The latest episode of New Books in Law is with the brilliant @leilaullrich.bsky.social: we talked about her book Victims and the Labour of Justice at the International Criminal Court: the Blame Cascade. Listen here: newbooksnetwork.com/victims-and-....
- The call for abstracts has been extended until 6 January 2025 for the @slsauk.bsky.social conference: a few more weeks to send your proposals in to us for the #Lawyers and #LegalProfessions stream! Oh, and Merry Christmas, #SocioLegalScholars!
- Final call (almost) #SocioLegal scholars! Deadline is in one week for submitting abstracts for our #Lawyers and #LegalProfessions at the SLSA Conference in Liverpool next April @slsauk.bsky.social. Details here: www.liverpool.ac.uk/law/slsa-202...
- Final call (almost) #SocioLegal scholars! Deadline is in one week for submitting abstracts for our #Lawyers and #LegalProfessions at the SLSA Conference in Liverpool next April @slsauk.bsky.social. Details here: www.liverpool.ac.uk/law/slsa-202...
- Re-paging #SocioLegal scholars! There's still time to submit your abstract for the #Lawyers and #LegalProfessions stream at next year's SLSA Conference @slsauk.bsky.social (closing date 18 Dec) - but get yours in quick, spaces filling up nicely!
- We had an excellent turnout last week @lawatleeds.bsky.social for our event on #Diversity and #Inclusion in the #LegalProfession. Thanks to fellow panellists Lady Justice Whipple, Treasury Solicitor Susanna McGibbon, NE Circuit Leader Jason Pitter KC & to our Chair, Mrs Justice Lambert.
- We've got a full house for tomorrow's event @lawatleeds.bsky.social with the Northeastern Circuit on #Diversity in the #LegalProfession - sign-ups are now closed (though there's a waiting-list). See you there!
- Re-paging #SocioLegal scholars! There's still time to submit your abstract for the #Lawyers and #LegalProfessions stream at next year's SLSA Conference @slsauk.bsky.social (closing date 18 Dec) - but get yours in quick, spaces filling up nicely!
- Call for abstracts on #Lawyers and #LegalProfessions at the @SLSA_UK conference in Liverpool next April. Deadline is early this year - 18th Dec - so please submit before it's too late! Full details here: liverpool.ac.uk/law/slsa-202....
- We've got a full house for tomorrow's event @lawatleeds.bsky.social with the Northeastern Circuit on #Diversity in the #LegalProfession - sign-ups are now closed (though there's a waiting-list). See you there!
- I think the expression is 'GET INNN!' - I'm flipping made up to have been made up to #AssociateProfessor @Law_Leeds today. Thanks to colleagues, friends & family (near and far): couldn't have done it without you!
- Chairing is Mrs Justice Christina Lambert DBE; panel is Lady Justice Philippa Whipple DBE, Treasury Solicitor Susanna McGibbon, Jason Pitter KC Leader of Circuit, & I'll be representing @lawatleeds.bsky.social. Sign up details below: open to all members of legal profession, academics & students.
- Call for abstracts on #Lawyers and #LegalProfessions at the @SLSA_UK conference in Liverpool next April. Deadline is early this year - 18th Dec - so please submit before it's too late! Full details here: liverpool.ac.uk/law/slsa-202....
- 📢 Calling all #Lawyers and #LegalProfessions scholars! There's still time to submit your abstract for this year's #SLSA2024 conference at Portsmouth School of Law 26-28 March. I'll be co-chairing the sessions with Dr Chalen Westaby. You can register for the conference now at www.slsa2024.co.uk
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