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Amal Clooney joins the Ivy League to lecture on human rights law at
Columbia University
16:27, 7 March, 2015
Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney will join Columbia Law School as a
visiting faculty member this spring, reportArmenpress sitting to Daily
Mail.
She will be a senior fellow with the Law School's Human Rights Institute.
Clooney, who is based in London, said in a statement that it was 'an
honor' 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.
Clooney will deliver lectures on human rights law during the current
spring semester.
Lebanese-born Amal Clooney, 37, may have shot into the public eye as
the partner of George Clooney, 53, whom she married in a lavish
Italian ceremony last year, but she has forged a notable career as an
international human rights lawyer.
Among her previous roles she served as an adviser to Kofi Annan in his
role as a United Nations special adviser for Syria.
Clooney also represented WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in his
extradition proceedings.
Columbia University
16:27, 7 March, 2015
Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney will join Columbia Law School as a
visiting faculty member this spring, reportArmenpress sitting to Daily
Mail.
She will be a senior fellow with the Law School's Human Rights Institute.
Clooney, who is based in London, said in a statement that it was 'an
honor' 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.
Clooney will deliver lectures on human rights law during the current
spring semester.
Lebanese-born Amal Clooney, 37, may have shot into the public eye as
the partner of George Clooney, 53, whom she married in a lavish
Italian ceremony last year, but she has forged a notable career as an
international human rights lawyer.
Among her previous roles she served as an adviser to Kofi Annan in his
role as a United Nations special adviser for Syria.
Clooney also represented WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in his
extradition proceedings.