Amal Clooney, born Amal Ramzi Alamuddin, is a Lebanese-British barrister, human rights activist, and philanthropist. A graduate of Oxford University and New York University School of Law, her long and accomplished career in the fields of international law and human rights have won her international acclaim. Her high-profile clients have included several nation-states, including the country of Armenia in its fight for recognition of the Armenian Genocide by the Turkish government. Amal Clooney became engaged to and married American actor George Clooney in 2014, instantly becoming a household name in popular culture. Years before this, though, she was already well-known and respected in legal circles for consistently representing her clients with skill and success. The scope of her work ranges from tackling social justice and human rights issues to representing several multinational corporations in their negotiations and court actions regarding government regulation. As of 2015, she is a barrister—one type of legal representative in British courts—at London-based Doughty Street Chambers. Amal Clooney was born as Amal Alamuddin on February 3, 1978, in Beirut, Lebanon. Since Lebanon was in the midst of a the deadly Lebanese Civil War during that time, her family moved to London when Amal was two years old. Her father, Ramzi Alamuddin, is of Lebanese-Druze descent, and worked as a University professor and as the owner of a travel company. Her mother, Bariaa Alamuddin, is a Sunni Muslim and an internationally recognized journalist. Amal was raised in the Sunni Muslim faith. She has three siblings: her sister, Tala, as well as two half-brothers via her father's previous marriage, Samer and Ziad. Her pre-college education came at Dr. Challoner's High School. Amal Clooney attended Oxford University on an Exhibition Scholarship. She graduated from St. Hugh's College at Oxford with a Bachelor of Arts in Jurisprudence in 2000. She attended New York University School of Law beginning in 2001 and graduated with a Masters in Laws degree. During her time at NYU, Amal worked clerkships in both the International Court of Justice and United States Court of Appeals. She carried out one of her clerkships in the offices of Sonia Sotomayor, who is today a U.S. Supreme Court Justice. Amal worked for 3 years for Sullivan & Cromwell in New York City on cases representing Enron and Arthur Andersen, among others. She moved to London in 2010 to begin work as a barrister at Doughty Street Chambers. SOURCES · https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/amal-alamuddin-5564.php