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Amal Clooney Is Going Back To School

Professor Clooney is going to teach at a law school... but where will she go?

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(Photo by Eamonn M. McCormack/Getty Images)

(Photo by Eamonn M. McCormack/Getty Images)

Looks like Amal Clooney is looking to spend more time stateside. It was announced today that the lawyer to the imprisoned former Maldives president, Mohamed Nasheed, whose human rights bona fides also include being senior adviser to Kofi Annan, will be teaching this spring. According to the press release, she’ll be lecturing in human rights law (what else?) at Columbia Law School:

Amal Clooney, a London-based barrister specializing in international law and human rights, returns to Morningside Heights this spring to lecture on international human rights law at Columbia Law School. Clooney will lecture in Professor Sarah H. Cleveland’s Human Rights course and speak about human rights litigation strategies to students in the Human Rights Clinic, directed by Professor Sarah Knuckey.

New York really is lovely in the spring. Clooney was previously a visiting faculty member at Columbia, so it isn’t a surprise that she’s decided to go back to the prestigious institution, and they, in turn, are gushing about having the legal superstar back on campus:

“We are privileged to have an international human rights practitioner of Amal Clooney’s stature join us again at Columbia,” said Cleveland, the Louis Henkin Professor of Human and Constitutional Rights and faculty co-director of the Law School’s Human Rights Institute; she also serves as the U.S. independent expert on both the U.N. Human Rights Committee and the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe. “Professor Clooney’s deep experience advocating before U.N. and regional human rights mechanisms complements our existing offerings and enriches the experience of our students,” Cleveland observed. “She brings invaluable insights to the classroom regarding subjects from international criminal law to free expression, as well as practical challenges in the promotion and protection of human rights.”

Lots of upper-level law school classes have issues with attendance, what with the majority of students at a school like Columbia having already secured full-time jobs after graduation, but bringing in a heavy hitter like Clooney is a surefire way to put asses in seats. But here is the real $100,000 question: what ring will she wear while teaching?

You can read the full press release on the next page.

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