Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social Arkie. Anti-Dirtbagist. President & CEO, Pulaski Institution. Columnist & Contrib. Editor, @LiberalCurrents.com
Words: @thebulwark.com, @ms.now, @foreignpolicy.com, @theunpopulist.net
Writing a book (Broadleaf)
Go Knicks
He/Him
Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social Professor of EU and Human Rights Law. Usual disclaimers. Latest book: European Union Law, 5th edition, co-edited with Catherine Barnard.
Public Sector Lawyer @publicsectorlawyer.bsky.social 25 years lawyering, in Government Departments & independent public bodies in the UK. Statutory interpretation, constitutional, regulatory & criminal law.
David Aaronovitch @davidsonofaaron.bsky.social Broadcaster, author, journalist, dad, grandpa, heroic Substacker to be found at davidaaronovitch.substack.com. Recovering tweeter
Madeleine Sumption @msumption.bsky.social Director of Migration Observatory @ University of Oxford. I research migration policy, mostly in the UK
Eugene Finkel @efinkel.bsky.social Professor, Johns Hopkins SAIS. Study very bad things that happen to people who don't deserve it, write books, overuse sarcasm. Lviv-Haifa-Jerusalem-Madison-New Haven-Washington-Bologna.
Twlldun @twlldun.bsky.social He must not be replaced by an otter.
Joe Sarling @joesarling.bsky.social Economist working in capital markets ▪ Big on placemaking, housing, regeneration, land policy ▪ Inspired by systems thinking and servant leadership ▪ FRSA
❤️ cycling & running in the Peak District & on Zwift 🚵🏻♂️🏃
Tom Hunter @onelifestand87.bsky.social Ruth’s husband, Andrew, Harriet & Owen’s dad, Unison member & Newcastle fan
Chip Smith @chipsmith.bsky.social “I’m an esquire, kid. A barrister. Defender of the common man, the mis-accused.” AFPD in the EDOK. Raised in KC. OSU, SKC, KC Current, Chiefs, and the Thunder.
Dr Jo Wilding @jowilding.bsky.social Legal aid geek, researcher and associate professor at Sussex University, author of 'The Legal Aid Market' (Policy Press), lawyer, mum, athletics obsessive, ex clown.
EMILY WILSON @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social https://emily613.substack.com/
Fred Cowell @fascowell.bsky.social International Law Academic.
South London based, former Labour Cllr (now retired).
Also Arsenal, Playing Guitars, Philly Eagles, Record Collecting and Indian Cooking. Scfi-Fi Movie and History of WWII buff.
Sean Jones KC @seanjones.org King’s Counsel. Serious about Law, but only about Law.
General Editor of Tolley’s Employment Handbook.
Trustee of FRU
Member of Chelsea Pitch Owners board
Co-founder of Billable Hour Appeal.
Luke Tryl @luketryl.bsky.social Lover of finding out what people think. Director @moreincommonuk.bsky.social
https://www.moreincommon.org.uk/
Alex Norris MP @alexjjnorris.bsky.social Labour and Co-operative Member of Parliament for Nottingham North and Kimberley | Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice
Tanja Bueltmann @tanjabueltmann.net Professor | history of migration and diaspora | citizens' rights | commentator | immigrant | trans inclusive feminist | she•they | my views | https://tanjabueltmann.net
James Chalmers @jameschalmers.bsky.social Regius Professor of Law at the University of Glasgow School of Law. Nothing should be inferred from the absence of unnecessary disclaimers on this profile.
Charlotte O'Brien @cobrien.bsky.social Professor of Law, University of York (she/her). Social security; EU law; discrimination; migration; social justice.
John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk Commentator, writer, corporate/political strategy. Undertaking an MSc in International Security and Global Governance at Birkbeck.
The only Tory on Bluesky, but that's why you love me.
Newsletter at: www.joxleywrites.jmoxley.co.uk
Jonathan Hopkin @jonathanhopkin.eurosky.social Professor of the Political Economy of Europe at LSE. Interested in democratic representation and inequality, worried about the survival of democracy. Author of Anti-System Politics (OUP, 2020). Also random thoughts on football, cycling, the weather etc
Nick De Marco KC @nickdemarcokc.bsky.social Photographer, Sports Lawyer. Author.
Art, modernism, food, books & QPR.
@uncivil-s.bsky.social @uncivil-s.bsky.social Barrister, ex-public sector, semi-demi-retired, various legal part time jobs. Legal interests public law, housing and some property, crime, statutes, and most other things. Lives Birmingham and on Dartmoor, works London and South. Owns 26 suits. Has sons.
Federica Genovese @fgenovese.bsky.social Political scientist at University of Oxford • Leverhulme Trust awardee • cross-national policy, political economy, politics of climate and crises • mom of 2 • she/her
https://www.federica-genovese.com/
Dr Duncan Robertson @duncanrobertson.bsky.social Policy & Strategy Analytics academic at Loughborough University; Member, Independent SAGE; Fellow, St Catherine's College, Oxford.
Joanna Hardy-Susskind @joannahs.bsky.social Barrister. I defend people.
Paolo Sandro @paolosandro.bsky.social Associate Professor of Public Law and Legal Theory @lawatleeds.bsky.social, author of 'The Making of Constitutional Democracy: From Creation to Application of Law' (Hart 2022), Open Access at
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4562656#
Harry Samuels @harrysamuels.bsky.social Barrister and law fellow. Cornish in London. Owner of Ptolemy the cat. 🏳️🌈
Hugh Brechin @hughrbrechin.bsky.social Scotland's answer to some question nobody was in much of a hurry to ask. Canal photography enthusiast.
Jake Cohen @sjakeco.bsky.social Policy, ecosystems, low-brow cultural commentary and terminally online humour.
Currently at UCL Policy Lab, recovering civil servant 🇬🇧🇿🇦🏳️🌈
Daniel Sugarman @danielsugarman.bsky.social Jewish. Deputy Editor of Jewish News. Resh Galuta of Bluesky. Regular entrant on the NY Times Bestseller List of Unpublished Books. All opinions are mine.
madeline odent @oldenoughtosay.com chaos feed. heritage, history, old buildings, social justice. 🏴🇺🇸🏳️🌈. sea witch, professional gargoyle, teller of tales. (she/her)(Oxford, England)
James Bloodworth @jamesbloodworth.bsky.social Author of Hired and Lost Boys (June 2025). Writing on Substack: https://www.forthedeskdrawer.com/
Book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/1786499797/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0
Hannah @teaforpterosaur.bsky.social The most scandalocious little fish in the sea
@mwhoyle96.bsky.social @mwhoyle96.bsky.social Sometime Oxford lawyer 
Clapton CFC @claptoncfc.co.uk Clapton Community FC
East London's 100% fan-owned and fan-run football club
Women's First Team play at Tier 6 and Men's First Team at Tier 9
Our home: @oldspotteddog.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/claptoncfc
Dr Carole McCartney 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ @ctmccartney.bsky.social Professor of Law & Criminal Justice interested in INjustice. Research #forensics #AI science/tech in criminal justice. Also crazy about anti-fascism, atheism, Prince, professional cycling, politics, the news, live comedy and music. #academicsky (1st-gen)
Nick Diable @defencebrief.bsky.social UK based criminal defence lawyer 
Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social Subscribe to www.lawdork.com for SCOTUS and other legal news. / lawdorknews@gmail.com / Signal: crg.32 / About me: Sober. Queer. Bipolar. Theater. Buckeye. And, now, F1. (I'm as surprised as you are.) / He/him.
Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social 🇬🇧 London-based. 🇺🇸/🇬🇧 dual citizen. CBRN expert. Freeman of the City of London. Liveryman. "Legal Juggernaut". Anglican. Ex Verger. Author. Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Scourge of llamas. Former US Army. Former USSS. #NAFO Fella
Horace Rumpole @rumpoleswig.bsky.social Hacking on at the last remnants of the criminal bar
omemiserum2 @omemiserum2.bsky.social Criminal Solicitor with probably more time in than you have lived. Very grumpy. Remembers when cases were prepared properly. @omemiserum@mstdn.social
Heather Burns @heatherburnstech.bsky.social freelance UK tech policy x human rights / midlife MPhil student @ Strathclyde Law School, researching US tech policy x Christian Nationalism / IANAL / https://heatherburns.tech / 💬 on Signal / open to work, hire me pls / "bad ass Glaswegian" apparently
a rare photo of sean connery signed by roger moore @steamedhamms.bsky.social 
Holly Brewer @earlymodjustice.bsky.social Historian
http://earlymodernjustice.org/
Sample articles:
https://earlymodernjustice.org/publications/
https://earlymodernjustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/SlaverySovereigntyInheritableBlood.pdf
Opinions my own
Jacob Gifford Head @giffordhead.co.uk Barrister & mediator.
Things I like: legal history & legal oddities; music & musical instruments; Mesopotamian history; & Portuguese wine and Port.
My professional website is: http://www.giffordhead.co.uk
Please email rather than DM!
Forgive typos.
FrancesCrook@bsky.social @francescrook.bsky.social Co-convenor of the Commission on Political Power https://commissionpoliticalpower.uk
Francescrook.Substack.com
Ben Rowe @benrowe.uk Criminal barrister. Theatre and Theme Park obsessive. Voice actor.
Legal C @legalclaret.bsky.social We are cats.
Doughty Street Chambers Crime Team @doughtystcrime.bsky.social Barristers specialising in Serious & Complex Crime, Fraud, Extradition, Appeals, & International Crime.
W: https://www.doughtystreet.co.uk/criminal-law
Dan Castle (Man Utd statto) @dancastlemufc.bsky.social Huge Man Utd, OKC Thunder, Cricket, Cycling, Rugby, NFL & Golf fan... Well pretty much all sports apart from Rythmic Gymnastics & Dressage
Scott Shapiro @scottjshapiro.bsky.social Southmayd Prof @YaleLawSch + Philosophy @Yale. Ed, @LegalTheory + Stanford Encyclopedia of Phil. “Legality”, “The Internationalists” (with @oonahathaway), “Fancy Bear Goes Phishing.” Overuses “neurosymbolic”
Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social Professor of Comparative Democratic Institutions, Nuffield & University of Oxford, FBA. http://benansell.substack.com. BBC Reith Lecturer 2023. Host BBC Radio 4 Rethink. Columnist for Prospect. Director, Centre for Advanced Social Science Methods (CASSM).
Manchester United @manutd-mirror.bsky.social mirror of https://x.com/ManUtd
Mark Critchley @mjcritchley.bsky.social @theathleticfc.bsky.social
Ian Bond @cerianbond.bsky.social Deputy director, Centre for European Reform, London @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social . Supporter of democracy, the rule of law, the EU & Ukraine. Opponent of authoritarianism, corruption & Putin's Russia.
No Question About That @nqatpod.bsky.social The original independent fan produced Manchester United podcast with bonus shows for backers on Patreon and Apple Podcasts. linktr.ee/nqatpod
Miguel Delaney @migueldelaney.bsky.social Chief football writer at the Independent. Author of 'States of Play'
Thariq Amir @lefalsenumber12.bsky.social Well, hello there.
I make memes, puns and I once made my own short toon too.
https://www.behance.net/ThariqAmir
Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social Freelance journalist covering British politics and public services - NHS, education, care, housing, disability, benefits. Not a tribalist.
I like good things and I don't like bad things.
Tom Kemp @tomkemp.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow at Nottingham University. Writing on carceral change making in prisons, police custody and immigration detention.
@ricturner.bsky.social @ricturner.bsky.social 
@timoconnorbl.bsky.social @timoconnorbl.bsky.social Sport-obsessed lawyer. Pinotiste par larmes versées. All views personal.
"And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is Cork." 1 Corkonians.
Chris Winterburn @cmwinterburn.bsky.social Staff Writer for @MARCAinENGLISH. Freelance. Do NFL things for @SportsKeeda Contact: cwin1994@live.co.uk Examples of work: https://wakelet.com/@cmwinterburn
James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk @Psythor on Twitter. Freelance writer covering politics/tech/nerd stuff.
Read my content: takes.jamesomalley.co.uk
Yes, I inevitably have a podcast too: yimbypod.com
Free the Postcode Address File!
Paul Crampin @crampino.bsky.social Barrister. Music, books, comedy, cycling, outdoors, indoors. Early Doors.
Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social Founder & reigning monarch at TPM. Lapsed historian. Hand tool woodworker. Jew.
Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social Staff writer at The Atlantic. Cat guy, Jeopardy champ. New Englander and curmudgeon. Speaker info: https://www.leighbureau.com/speakers/tnichols
Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social Historian of modern Britain, singer and political nerd. Author of "Yes to Europe! The 1975 Referendum & Seventies Britain". "A jaw-dislocating page turner"(Andrew Marr). Deputy-director @mileendinstitute.bsky.social, Reader @QMHistory
Michael Caley @michaelcaley.bsky.social I write the Expecting Goals newsletter (expectinggoals.com) and I'm gonna try to bring soccer analytics to bluesky. Let's see if it works. He/him.
Aaron Moniz @amoniz.bsky.social Football fan, co-host and owner of @devilsitdpod.bsky.social. he/him 🍁
Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social Director of @britishfuture.bsky.social
Author How to be a Patriot https://harpercollins.co.uk/products/how-to-be-a-patriot-why-love-of-country-can-end-our-very-british-culture-war-sunder-katwala?variant=40518936559694
Evertonian
Dinah Rose KC @dinahrose.bsky.social President of Magdalen College, Oxford. Barrister. Speaking only for myself.
Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social International Relations prof at U. Illinois. Editor of Arc Digital. Author “Drones and Terrorism.” Politics, national security, and occasional nerdery.
Dylan Difford @dylandifford.bsky.social YouGov data journalist • Elections, polls, voting systems • "I like people, places and things" • dylan.difford@yougov.com
Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social Senior Editor, Lawfare. Practiced law a long time ago. Email: roger.parloff@lawfaremedia.org ; signal rparloff.61
DSC Immigration Team @doughtystimm.bsky.social Immigration team at Doughty Street Chambers. Human Rights specialists with a reputation for excellence in asylum and immigration matters.
Simon Cox @simonfrcox.bsky.social migration & equality, law & politics | lawyer | cis | he/him | @DoughtyStImm.bosky.social | ex-Open Society Foundations | my views obvs, not doughty st | large photo Paul Trevor, 1978, Brick Lane
Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social @ksvesq.bsky.social’s husband; father of daughters; professor @georgetownlaw.bsky.social; #SCOTUS nerd @CNN.com
Bio: www.law.georgetown.edu/faculty/stephen-i-vladeck
"One First" Supreme Court newsletter: stevevladeck.com
Book: tinyurl.com/shadowdocketpb
Dr Bendor Grosvenor FRHistS @bendorgrosvenor.bsky.social Art historian. New book The Invention of British Art, out now.
Raffi Melkonian @rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social Appellate lawyer at Wright, Close & Barger in Houston, with a Fifth Circuit and TX appellate practice. So-called Dean, #appellatetwitter. Host of The Appellate Wanderer podcast
Josh Block @joshablock.bsky.social Attorney @ACLULGBT. He/him. Views expressed here are my own.
Connor Lynch @connorlynch.bsky.social Lawyer – mostly intellectual property in my practice. Lotta political opinions (don't worry they're all good ones).
David Noll @david.noll.org Vigilante Nation:
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Vigilante-Nation/Jon-Michaels/9781668023235
Updates on the meritocracy:
https://tinyurl.com/56u9n6zc
Matt Ford @mford.bsky.social Staff writer, The New Republic. Law, democracy, and the courts. 49ers/Dodgers stuff too.
Simon Myerson KC @scynic1.bsky.social Barrister. Chair Leeds Jewish Rep Council.
David KC @davidmuttering.bsky.social Mixing up a spot of bewigged law with some quality lounging, #pvfc, awkward puns and tireless pedantry.
Nacro @nacro.bsky.social Our housing, justice, substance misuse and education services work alongside people to help them succeed. And we campaign together to create lasting change.
Find us online at nacro.org.uk
Mountford Chambers @mountfordchambers.bsky.social Mountford Chambers is a specialist criminal, regulatory, and public law barristers' chambers located in London.
Ranked as a Leading Set in the 2025 Legal 500 directory and the 2025 Chambers and Partners directory.
https://www.mountfordchambers.com/
Doughty Street Chambers @doughtystreet.bsky.social Internationally renowned barristers with a multi-disciplinary approach to multi-jurisdictional casework. Strong emphasis on human rights and civil liberties.
W: www.doughtystreet.co.uk 
Garden Court Chambers @gardencourtlaw.bsky.social Number 1 ranked barristers' specialising in civil liberties, education, human rights, immigration, crime, family, housing & public law. Reposts ≠ endorsements.
Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social Senior writer at Slate covering courts and the law. Co-host of the Amicus podcast. Dad.
Andy Mitten @andymitten.bsky.social Started United We Stand in ‘89. Work: The Athletic, GQ, National, editor at large for FourFourTwo. Contribute to BBC, Sky et al. Written 13 books. NUJ member.
United We Stand's website and forum http://www.uwsonline.com
Scott Patterson @republikofmancunia.bsky.social Republik of Mancunia 🇾🇪
Rich @richio.bsky.social Politics, Sport, MUFC, Tender of daughters. @richredvoices from the sewer.
Si Lloyd @smnllyd5.bsky.social Author of United With Dad. Used to write about football a lot more than I do now. Breakfast-Dinner-Tea. In that order.
https://www.pitchpublishing.co.uk/shop/united-dad
BeardedGenius @beardedgenius.bsky.social I am warning you with peace and love
Nick @manunitedyouth.bsky.social 
Barbara Rich @barbararich.bsky.social Retired barrister (England + Wales) https://www.5sblaw.com/news/all-at-5-stone-buildings-wish-barbara-rich-well-on-her-retirement-from-practice/ law, legal history, public understanding of law. Londoner
https://bleakhouserevisited.substack.com
Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social Solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short.