Amal
Clooney
Co-Founder and Co-Chair of the Board
Amal Clooney is co-founder, along with her husband George, of the Clooney Foundation for Justice. She is a barrister specializing in international law and human rights, a Professor of Practice in International Law at Oxford University’s Blavatnik School of Government, a Senior Fellow at the Oxford Institute of Technology and Justice, an institute she co-founded to harness the power of AI to increase access to justice and an Honorary Fellow of St Hugh’s College, Oxford. Her contributions have been recognised by the Committee to Protect Journalists, the American Society of International Law, the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, the Simon Wiesenthal Center, the United Nations, the World Economic Forum, the Kings Trust and Time Magazine. In 2024, she won the Legal 500 Award for international lawyer of the year.
Ms Clooney has co-authored the leading textbooks The Right to a Fair Trial in International Law and Freedom of Speech in International Law, published by Oxford University Press. Prior to joining the London bar, she practiced as a litigation attorney at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP in New York.
Our foundation is committed to bringing to justice the perpetrators of atrocities in Ukraine. Ukrainians demand and have every right to expect their day in court – and to have access to funds to rebuild their lives.