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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And it's always great to be back @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social!

Presented a version of the forthcoming article co-written with Chalen Westaby on the #emotions and #EmotionalLabour of #warcrimes #lawyers

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!

Image of session two of the 2025 Nottingham International Criminal Justice Conference, featuring six speakers (L:R Hemi Mistry, Francesco Cunsolo, Caleb Wheeler, Victor Kattan, Daryna Abbakumova & Jolana Makraiová).

Session Two: Contemporary Developments in Substantive Crimes Chair: Caleb Wheeler, Cardiff University Apartheid as a crime against humanity: Recent developments - Victor Kattan, University of Nottingham Complexities behind ‘incitement’ to violence and ‘hate’ speech from a criminal justice perspective - Rachel Horan, The Averment Group*, and Jolana Makraiová, International Nuremberg Principles Academy* Atrocious Images: Combatant-Produced Illicit Imagery as Hate Speech in International Criminal Law - Hemi Mistry, University of Nottingham Challenges of Prosecuting Cyberattacks as Cyber-Enabled Crimes under the Rome Statute - Daryna Abbakumova, Geneva Graduate Institute New challenges in prosecuting intentional destruction of cultural heritage - Francesco Cunsolo, Università di Bologna

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

Image of session five of the 2025 Nottingham International Criminal Justice Conference, featuring three speakers (L:R Alex Batesmith, Mando Rachovitsa, and Ilaria Zavoli).

Session Five: Emotions and International Criminal Justice Chair: Mando Rachovitsa, University of Nottingham Narratives of the Self: Professional Identity in the Autobiographies of International Criminal Lawyers - Ilaria Zavoli, University of Leeds (UK) and Alex Batesmith, University of Leeds (UK) Invisible Labour, Visible Strain: The Unacknowledged Emotional Labour of International Criminal Lawyers - Alex Batesmith, University of Leeds (UK)

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)

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

Given the recent attacks on #Lawyers and the #RuleOfLaw within traditionally democratic states, this article is also relevant to #CauseLawyers #ActivistLawyers #HumanRightsLawyers operating outside authoritarian regimes. We look forward to the debate.

📢 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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Finally presenting is Karen Nokes on the personal cost of in-house lawyers "holding the line" in the #HorizonScandal #SLSA2025

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Sally Day continues the discussion: looking at the data from the guilty pleas in the cases against subpostmasters/-mistresses #HorizonScandal #SLSA2025

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

Elkan Abrahamson: What could we do better? Reverse the marginalisation of families in inquires and investigations #Hillsborough #SLSA2025

Prof Phil Scraton now talking about his Truth Legacy Project, and the importance of using #Hillsborough and other state-driven cover-ups in school curricula to teach children the realities of the political system ##SLSA2025

Margaret Aspinall and Sue Roberts repeat their call for a #HillsboroughLaw requiring public authorities to tell the truth, to cooperate with investigations and to equalise the funding for legal representation for victims and the state #SLSA2025

Elkan Abrahamson and the power of #Narrative: "It's not about the black letter law: it's about where we want to get to and how we want to get there" #Hillsborough #SLSA2025

After hearing from Margaret Aspinall and Sue Roberts representing the bereaved families, we're now listening to writer Jimmy McGovern, researcher Phil Scraton and lawyer Elkan Ambrahamson. #SLSA2025 #Hillsborough

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!

This event is hybrid - join us in person or online: www.tickettailor.com/events/schoo....

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...

Andrew Clapham, "War" (Oxford UP, 2021) by New Books in Law An interview with Andrew Clapham

📯 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

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.

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!