Amal Clooney

Amal Clooney is a barrister from the United States and Lebanon, a human rights advocate and an philanthropist. She was born Amal Ramzi Amuddin. When she graduated from Oxford University School of Law she embarked on an extensive and successful profession in the field of human rights and international law. Her clients include many prominent nation states, such as Armenia and the struggle it has to have the Turkish government recognize Armenia's right to recognize the Armenian Genocide. Amal Clooney became engaged in 2014 and later was married in 2015 to American actor George Clooney. She instantly became an household name. Before her marriage, she was admired and well-known within the legal community due to her accomplishments in defending clients. Her expertise spans a broad spectrum of work, including human rights and social justice issues to human rights through to representing various corporations in court as well as when it comes to negotiations on government regulations. Since 2015, Doughty Street Chambers is located in London. She was barrister.