Amal Clooney

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Amal Clooney's career is marked by historic legal victories and a relentless commitment to human rights. She secured the first convictions of ISIS members for genocide, representing over 400 Yazidis. She helped free Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo from a Myanmar prison. In 2022, TIME named her a Woman of the Year. She co-founded the Clooney Foundation for Justice, which has provided free legal aid in more than 40 countries, and served as the UK's Special Envoy on Media Freedom.

AwardsAmal Clooney has received several prestigious awards for her legal work and human rights advocacy. In 2024, she won the Legal 500 Award for International Lawyer of the Year. The Committee to Protect Journalists awarded her the Gwen Ifill Award in 2020 and the International Press Freedom Award. She also received the Jack J. Katz Memorial Award during her LLM studies at NYU.

Honours & Distinctions

TIME Women of the Year

TIME Magazine·2022

Recognized for her human rights advocacy and legal work.

Honorary Fellow

St Hugh's College, Oxford·2014

Awarded honorary fellowship for contributions to law and human rights.

Rankings & Lists

Women of the Year

TIME Magazine·2022

Magazine Covers

TIME

2022-03

Women of the Year

Vogue

2014-11

Amal Clooney: The New Face of Elegance

Vanity Fair

2015-06

Amal Clooney: A Force for Justice