Amal Clooney, born Amal Alamuddin in 1978 in Beirut, is a Lebanese and British international human rights lawyer and barrister at Doughty Street Chambers. She became Professor of Practice in International Law at the Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford University in 2025 and co-founded the Oxford Institute of Technology and Justice the same year, and earlier served as United Kingdom Special Envoy on Media Freedom from 2019 to 2020. Her clients have included Yazidi activist Nadia Murad, Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, Filipino journalist Maria Ressa, and 126 Darfur genocide victims she represented at the International Criminal Court. She holds a law degree from Oxford University and a masters degree from New York University School of Law.
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RoleAnd British international human rights lawyer 1 Nationality / Jurisdiction Classification
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1. Amal Clooney (Wikipedia)
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She has represented several high-profile clients, including former Maldivian president Mohamed Nasheed, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko, Yazidi human rights activist Nadia Murad, Filipino-American journalist Maria Ressa, Azerbaijani journalist Khadija Ismayilova, and Egyptian-Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy.
Introduction, nationality
Amal Clooney, born Amal Alamuddin in 1978 in Beirut, is a Lebanese and British international human rights lawyer and barrister at Doughty Street Chambers.
Introduction, role
Amal Clooney is a Lebanese and British international human rights lawyer.
Introduction, field of law
Amal Clooney is a Lebanese and British international human rights lawyer.
View the Source 2. Wikidata: Amal Clooney
Wikidata Q16769592, P569 date of birth claim (year)
P569 (date of birth): 1978
Wikidata Q16769592, P569 date of birth claim (full date)
P569 (date of birth): 1978-02-03
Wikidata Q16769592, P19 place of birth claim
P19 (place of birth): Beirut
Wikidata Q16769592, P1477 birth name claim (apc)
birth name (P1477): أمل علم الدين
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