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
· Oct 14
Call for papers and posters : Socio-Legal Studies Association (SLSA) Annual Conference 2026 : ... : Collaborate : University of Sussex
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'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!
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...
Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Lecturer in Law
**2 Posts**Are you an outstanding individual with the ambition to join a thriving law school and to contribute to the further development of the School and its research centres? Are you passionate abo...
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December 18, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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!
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
December 18, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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!
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!
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
December 12, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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!
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Mr @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
Read more about it 👇
tinyurl.com/45yrmx55
December 10, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Mr @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
Read more about it 👇
tinyurl.com/45yrmx55
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Congratulations 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...
Conceptualizing Professionalism(s) in International Criminal Justice: Editors’ Introduction
Abstract. This symposium examines competing and converging assumptions about professionalism, professional behaviour, and a professional sense of self held
academic.oup.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Congratulations to @batesmith.bsky.social and Dr Ilaria Zavoli on their symposium being published #OpenAccess in the Journal of International Criminal Justice! 🎉
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!
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
December 2, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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.
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...
Conceptualizing Professionalism(s) in International Criminal Justice: Editors’ Introduction
Abstract. This symposium examines competing and converging assumptions about professionalism, professional behaviour, and a professional sense of self held
academic.oup.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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...
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!
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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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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!
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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
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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!
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“Closeted” cause lawyering in authoritarian Cambodia | Law & Society Review | Cambridge Core
“Closeted” cause lawyering in authoritarian Cambodia
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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...