Alex Batesmith
@batesmith.bsky.social
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.
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Alex Batesmith
@batesmith.bsky.social
· May 21
“Closeted” cause lawyering in authoritarian Cambodia | Law & Society Review | Cambridge Core
“Closeted” cause lawyering in authoritarian Cambodia
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📢 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!
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Reposted by Alex Batesmith
'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!
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!
Call for papers and posters : Socio-Legal Studies Association (SLSA) Annual Conference 2026 : ... : Collaborate : University of Sussex
Book an event at Sussex – our academics regularly present their latest work on campus or find out how to attend events organised by our partners.
www.sussex.ac.uk
October 14, 2025 at 9:14 AM
'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!
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!
'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!
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!
Call for papers and posters : Socio-Legal Studies Association (SLSA) Annual Conference 2026 : ... : Collaborate : University of Sussex
Book an event at Sussex – our academics regularly present their latest work on campus or find out how to attend events organised by our partners.
www.sussex.ac.uk
October 14, 2025 at 9:14 AM
'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!
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 Batesmith
What are “closeted” cause lawyers, and what is their relationship to #RuleOfLaw? Check out the latest LSR issue to learn more! bit.ly/LSRSep25
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Current LSR Issue | Law & Society Association
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September 26, 2025 at 7:43 PM
What are “closeted” cause lawyers, and what is their relationship to #RuleOfLaw? Check out the latest LSR issue to learn more! bit.ly/LSRSep25
@kieranmcevoy.bsky.social
@batesmith.bsky.social
@kieranmcevoy.bsky.social
@batesmith.bsky.social
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"
August 28, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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!
It's for an invitation to join the Working Group of the #BarDiversityHub we're working on this coming academic year!
August 4, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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!
It's for an invitation to join the Working Group of the #BarDiversityHub we're working on this coming academic year!
Reposted by Alex Batesmith
Session 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
July 14, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Session 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 Batesmith
We 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
July 15, 2025 at 9:00 AM
We 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
July 14, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Very happy to be here presenting on #AutoHistories of #InternationalCriminalLawyers with @ilariazavoli.bsky.social (and later my own paper on #EmotionalLabour in #ICL)
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
#TransitionalJustice #GreenTransitionalJustice #EnvironmentalJustice #Nature
Rachel Killean and Lauren Dempster, "Green Transitional Justice" (Routledge, 2025) - New Books Network
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July 10, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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
#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...
🔗 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
“Closeted” cause lawyering in authoritarian Cambodia | Law & Society Review | Cambridge Core
“Closeted” cause lawyering in authoritarian Cambodia
www.cambridge.org
May 21, 2025 at 7:41 AM
📢 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...
🔗 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.
April 17, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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
April 16, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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
April 16, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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
April 15, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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!
Countdown to #SLSA! ⏰
We’re thrilled to be hosting the SLSA Annual Conference (@slsauk.bsky.social) here in Liverpool, 15–17 April!✨
With around 900 delegates attending, it’s the UK’s biggest event for socio-legal scholars – & we can’t wait to welcome you.
More info: liverpool.ac.uk/law/slsa-2025
We’re thrilled to be hosting the SLSA Annual Conference (@slsauk.bsky.social) here in Liverpool, 15–17 April!✨
With around 900 delegates attending, it’s the UK’s biggest event for socio-legal scholars – & we can’t wait to welcome you.
More info: liverpool.ac.uk/law/slsa-2025
April 14, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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...
BigLaw’s Race Problem: A Conversation with Professor Anthony V. Alfieri
Join us for an insightful event with the Legal Professions Research Group and Professor Anthony V. Alfieri from the University of Miami School of Law.
essl.leeds.ac.uk
March 24, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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...
📯 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
Andrew Clapham, "War" (Oxford UP, 2021) by New Books in Law
An interview with Andrew Clapham
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March 24, 2025 at 10:17 AM
📯 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...
BigLaw’s Race Problem: A Conversation with Professor Anthony V. Alfieri
Join us for an insightful event with the Legal Professions Research Group and Professor Anthony V. Alfieri from the University of Miami School of Law.
essl.leeds.ac.uk
February 27, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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!
We’re thrilled to be hosting the SLSA (@slsauk.bsky.social) Conference this year – the UK’s premier socio-legal research event! 📚✨ Join us in Liverpool, April 15-17, to engage with leading experts in the field & experience all this vibrant city has to offer.
👉 Find out more: bit.ly/slsa2025
👉 Find out more: bit.ly/slsa2025
January 9, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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...
January 6, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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...
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-....
Leila Ullrich, "Victims and the Labour of Justice at the International Criminal Court: The Blame Cascade" (Oxford UP, 2024) - New Books Network
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December 18, 2024 at 3:11 PM
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...
December 18, 2024 at 10:34 AM
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...
December 11, 2024 at 9:54 AM
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...
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.
December 9, 2024 at 10:19 AM
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.
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....
@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....
Streams and topics - Liverpool Law School - University of Liverpool
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December 6, 2024 at 2:34 PM
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!