Amal Clooney was born on February 3, 1978 in Beirut, Lebanon as Amal Ramzi Alamuddin. When Alamuddin was 2 years old, her family fled Lebanon to escape the ravages of the civil war that had begun in the mid-1970s and engulfed the country in violence. See full bio » Amal Alamuddin, la fiancée de George Clooney, à Londres, le 20 mai 2014. An excellent student, she earned a scholarship to attend Oxford University beginning in 1996. In 2005, Alamuddin refocused her career on international law when she became part of a United Nations tribunal established to prosecute the persons responsible for the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafic Hariri. Ella, Alexander and Amal are all healthy, happy and doing fine.” The statement also joked about the 56-year-old proud papa, who, prior to marrying Amal, was a well-known single guy: “George is sedated and should recover in a few days.”In the wake of the tragic shooting at Florida's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in February 2018, the Clooneys threw their weight behind the March for Our Lives demonstration planned for the following month.“Our family will be there on March 24 to stand side by side with this incredible generation of young people from all over the country, and in the name of our children Ella and Alexander, we’re donating $500,000 to help pay for this groundbreaking event,” said George in a statement.Their announcement set off a domino effect in Hollywood, with other power players like We strive for accuracy and fairness. Os recém-casados George Clooney e Amal Alamuddin almoçaram neste domingo no jardim do famoso Hotel Cipriani, em Veneza, com familiares e amigos, um dia após a festa de casamento. Beyond the classroom, she augmented her studies with several notable clerkships, working at the U.S. Court of Appeals with future Supreme Court Justice After passing the bar, Alamuddin was employed at the New York City–based Sullivan & Cromwell, one of the top-ranked law firms in the world. If you see something that doesn't look right, Subscribe to the Biography newsletter to receive stories about the people who shaped our world and the stories that shaped their lives.Elizabeth Blackwell was the first woman to graduate from medical school in the United States. She was admitted to the bar in In 2004, she completed a judicial clerkship at the She was subsequently based in The Hague working in the Office of the Prosecutor at the UN Alamuddin had been involved in high-profile cases representing the state of Cambodia, the former Libyan intelligence chief For the spring 2015 and 2016 academic semesters, Clooney was a visiting faculty member and a senior fellow with Clooney has also lectured students on international criminal law at the In August 2014, Clooney declined a UN commission to look into possible violations of the rules of war in Gaza during the Gaza war of 2014.In October 2014, Clooney was hired in an attempt to repatriate the ancient Greek sculptures the In January 2015, Clooney began work on the recognition of the On 8 March 2015, Clooney filed a case against the Government of the Republic of the Philippines before the UN's On 7 April 2015, it was announced that Clooney would be part of the legal team defending In June 2015, Clooney began work on the recently re-opened In 2016, it was announced that Clooney would represent In September 2016, Clooney spoke – for the first time at the United Nations – before the In April 2019, Clooney became a special envoy at the British Clooney is the president of the Clooney Foundation for Justice, which she co-founded with her husband George Clooney in late 2016 to advance justice in courtrooms, communities, and classrooms around the world.