Amal Clooney

Amal Clooney, born Amal Alamuddin, a Lebanon native, is an Lebanese and British barrister who was a human rights advocate over the years. An alumni of Oxford University and New York University School of Law her lengthy and successful professional career in the field of international law and human rights has earned her acclaim internationally. Her high-profile clients have included many nation states including Armenia. of Armenia as it fights to be recognized as the Armenian Genocide by the Turkish government. Amal Clooney got engaged in 2014, and then was married in 2015 to American actor George Clooney. She instantly became a household word. Years before this though she was already famous and loved by legal professionals because she consistently represented clients with skill and success. Her work ranges between social justice and human rights to representing multinational companies during the negotiation process or litigating cases involving federal regulations. Since 2015, she was a barrister in British Court within Doughty Street Chambers.