Alex Batesmith
@Batesmith
School of Law, Leeds Univ. Employability Director, teach/research (intnl) crim law, legal prof, cause lawyers, Myanmar+Cambodia. Ex-UN prosecutor, barrister.
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https://essl.leeds.ac.uk/law/staff/1332/mr-alex-batesmith 03-04-2012 20:25:24
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#warcrimes My interview on the future of war crimes justice with the inestimable Alex Batesmith, highly-rated war law academic who has seen the front line of int. justice, prosecuting at the Cambodia war crimes court.
Great to talk to Chris Stephen Chris Stephen last week about his book The Future of War Crimes Justice (published by Melville House) on the New Books Network 📚 podcast. We had a great, wide-ranging chat on a topic I know a bit about!
newbooksnetwork.com/the-future-of-…
That's a wrap! All smiles with my co-convenor Chalen Westaby after our first #Lawyers and #LegalProfessions stream at #SLSA2024 University of Portsmouth
Had lots of fun presenting my piece on #Barristers #ProfessionalIdentity and #Authenticity at the University of Portsmouth #SLSA2024 this afternoon in our #Lawyers and #LegalProfessions stream. More to come on this project!
Three of us LPRG at Leeds socio-legal scholars here University of Portsmouth for the Lawyers and Legal Profession stream here at #slsa2024
The Centre for Criminal Justice Studies CCJS at Leeds is a group of (genuinely!) lovely people, in a leading Law School, doing exciting, impactful work to make the world a better place. Come and join us! ❤️ jobs.ac.uk/job/DGS895/ass…
📢 New Pod alert! I had a great conversation with Kalika Mehta about her new book Strategic Litigation and Corporate Complicity in Crimes under International Law for the New Books Network 📚 podcast recently. Listen to it here: newbooksnetwork.com/strategic-liti… #CorporateAccountability
It was a blast! Thanks Christine Schwobel-Patel for the great programme, and lovely to catch up again after all these years #Aesthetics #PoeticJustice #KhmerRouge
Looking forward to being back in Cambridge today and meeting old Liverpool Uni Law colleagues to speak at this event for the launch of Aesthetics and Counter Aesthetics in International Justice edited by the always fabulous Christine Schwobel-Patel and Rob Knox
📢New pod episode New Books Network 📚 with my fantastic Law at Leeds colleague Dr Priyasha Saksena! We discuss her book 'Sovereignty, International Law & the Princely States of Colonial South Asia' megaphone.link/NBNK7706129446 (available here: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/produ…) #SovereigntyRules !
📣 book launch and pop-up exhibition on 19th March of Aesthetics and Counter-Aesthetics of International Justice in Cambridge. CRASSH, Cambridge, Cambridge Festival, Counterpress Rob Knox.
Registration is open: eventbrite.com/e/aesthetics-a…
Programme here: crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/41245/#…
Including Jo Frank, Surabhi Ranganathan, Tor Krever, Alex Batesmith, Anne Neylon, Kate Evans, and more.
Interested in doctoral study at Law at Leeds? The School of Law invites applications for a School of Law Doctoral Scholarship from prospective (UK) postgraduate researchers who wish to commence study for a PhD in the academic year 2024/25:
phd.leeds.ac.uk/funding/348-sc…
📢 Calling all #Lawyers and #LegalProfessions scholars! There's still time to submit your abstract for this year's #SLSA2024 conference at UoP Law 26-28 March. I'll be co-chairing the sessions with Chalen Westaby - we're looking forward to the discussions!
With Rob Knox (co-editor), Sofia Stolk, Padraig McAuliffe, Anne Neylon, Deger Ozkaramanli, Ruby Axelson and Wayne Jordash, Terry Duffy, Anastasia Tataryn, Randle DeFalco, Jo Frank, Gerry Simpson, Alex Batesmith, Carolina Alonso Bejarano and Peter Quach, and Kate Evans
📢 Calling all #Lawyers and #LegalProfessions scholars! There's still time to submit your abstract for this year's #SLSA2024 conference at UoP Law 26-28 March. I'll be co-chairing the sessions with Chalen Westaby - we're looking forward to the discussions!
Fantastic to talk to Gary Bass about his extraordinary new book 'Judgement at Tokyo' on the New Books Network 📚 podcast. Tech issues meant it was shorter than we'd have liked, but such an important work on the politics & practice of #warcrimes #prosecutions newbooksnetwork.com/judgement-at-t…
Today’s the launch day!
Centre co-directors Alex Batesmith and Dr. Trevor Clark introducing the day discussing the work we do.
Only a week to go before our public launch/inaugural workshop, 'Changing Law, Changing Lawyers' for LPRG at Leeds. Join us in person or online (sign up below) for what's shaping up to be a great day of excellent speakers and over 100 attendees Law at Leeds #LegalProfessions