Amal Alamuddin to go back to college
International lawyer set to teach human rights law at Columbia Law School.
Amal said in a statement that it was ‘an honour’ to teach at the Ivy League institution. PHOTO: PUBLICITY
Human rights lawyer and actor George Clooney’s wife, Amal Alamuddin is set to go back to law school, but this time to teach. According to Al Arabiya news, Amal is all set to join Columbia Law School as visiting faculty this spring. She will deliver lectures on human rights law during the current spring semester.
Amal, who is based in London, said in a statement that it was ‘an honour’ for her to teach at the Ivy League institution. “I look forward to getting to know the next generation of human rights advocates studying here,” she said.
Lebanese-born Amal, 37, may have gained public attention becoming a part of Clooney’s life, whom she married in a lavish Italian ceremony last year, but she had a formidable career as a human rights lawyer before that.
She has also served as an adviser to Kofi Annan during her job as a special adviser for Syria, and represented WikiLeaks’ editor-in-chief Julian Assange in his extradition proceedings. Last year, Clooney claimed in an interview that she was threatened with arrest in Egypt after identifying flaws in the judicial system, which later contributed to the conviction of three Al-Jazeera journalists.
Alamuddin helped compile a report for the International Bar Association in February 2014, which raised questions about the independence of judges and prosecutors in Egypt.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 9th, 2015.
Amal, who is based in London, said in a statement that it was ‘an honour’ for her to teach at the Ivy League institution. “I look forward to getting to know the next generation of human rights advocates studying here,” she said.
Lebanese-born Amal, 37, may have gained public attention becoming a part of Clooney’s life, whom she married in a lavish Italian ceremony last year, but she had a formidable career as a human rights lawyer before that.
She has also served as an adviser to Kofi Annan during her job as a special adviser for Syria, and represented WikiLeaks’ editor-in-chief Julian Assange in his extradition proceedings. Last year, Clooney claimed in an interview that she was threatened with arrest in Egypt after identifying flaws in the judicial system, which later contributed to the conviction of three Al-Jazeera journalists.
Alamuddin helped compile a report for the International Bar Association in February 2014, which raised questions about the independence of judges and prosecutors in Egypt.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 9th, 2015.