Amal Clooney

Amal Clooney, born Amal Alamuddin, a Lebanon native, is an Lebanese as well as British barrister, who has been a human rights advocate over the years. She graduated from Oxford University School of Law and New York University School of Law. Her long professional career has received international praise for her accomplishments in international law and the field of human rights. Her prominent clients included national states such as Armenia, which was fighting for the recognition of Armenian Genocide in Turkey. Amal Clooney became engaged in 2014, and then married American actor George Clooney. She instantly became an household name. Prior to this, she was already been well known by the legal profession in her ability to defend clients. Her work ranges between social justice and human rights to representing multinational corporations during discussions or in court proceedings regarding the regulations of government. As of 2015, she is a barrister one type of legal representative in British courts in London's Doughty Street Chambers.