February 3, 1978 Amal Alamuddin was born on 3 February 1978 Ramzi in Beirut, Lebanon, the son of Baria, Pan-Arab newspaper journalist "al-Havat", and Ramzi, Professor of Economics at the American University of Beirut. During the 1980s, with the Lebanese civil war that devastated the country, Amal and his family moved to London, where he settled in London. Later, Amal Alamuddin attended Dr Challoner's High School, an institution for girls in Little Chalfont, Buckinghamshire, then enroll in Oxford at St. Hugh's College, Oxford, where he graduated in law in 2000.
In The United States
Then, he studied at New York University School of Law, where he was awarded the Jack j. Katz Memorial Award. While studying in New York, works at the United States Court of appeals for the Second Circuit in the offices of Sonia Sotomayor (who later will head the Supreme Court of the United States).
The activities of lawyers
Then, he began working at the law firm Sullivan & Cromwell, where he remained for three years. In 2004, has the opportunity to be employed at the International Court of Justice. His career takes her to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon of the United Nations and to the international crimes Tribunal Yugoslavia; Amal Alamuddin, over the years, gets several high-profile cases relating, inter alia, to the State of Cambodia, for Abdallah Al Senussi (former Chief of intelligence of Libya), Yulia Tymoshenko and Julian Assange. He is also Advisor to the Sultan of Bahrain. Is part of several UN commissions (having been, among other things, Adviser on Syria for Kofi Annan), is called by many universities to hold keynote and collaborated with The New School in New York, Soas in London, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and The Haque Academy of International Law.
The world-renowned
In April 2014, is officially and publicly announced his engagement to the American actor George Clooney: in August of the same year, the couple gets a marriage license from the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea of the United Kingdom. At the same time, Amal is selected to be part of the UN Commission that is responsible for evaluating any rule violations in Gaza during the conflict between Israel and Palestine: refuse-however-the role by supporting the need for an independent inquiry that ensure in an objective manner any crimes committed.
Her marriage to George Clooney
On 27 September of 2014 is married to Clooney in Venice, Ca ' Farsetti: celebrate marriage is the former Mayor of Rome, Walter Veltroni, friend of the actor