© Cynthia Smoot Epsilon Alpha Sigma is excited to honor the beautiful and brilliant Amal Alamuddin. She has graced the Hollywood and worldwide media stage with her recent engagement to actor, George Clooney, but this accomplished lawyer and activist has now become an inspiration to many Arab women around the world. Amal Alamuddin was born in Beirut, Lebanon and moved to London with her family at a young age. Alamuddin attended the University of Oxford with a scholarship where she received her Bachelor of Arts in Jurisprudence. She later moved to New York to finish her studies, earing a Law Degree from New York University. While at NYU she received the Jack J. Katz memorial awardfor excellence in the field of Entertainment law and worked as a student law clerk for now-Supreme Court justice Sonia Sotomayor, who was then a judge at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
After graduating from NYU, she joined the litigation department of Sullivan & Cromwell in New York and practiced U.S. and international law there for three years. Alamuddin is an accomplished barrister who specializes in international law, human rights, extradition and criminal law for the Doughty Street Chambers firm in London. She has represented WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, in his fight against extradition by Sweden and Ukraine's ex-prime minister, Yulia Tymoshenko, in challenging her detention before the European Court of Human Rights. She also has been appointed to numerous U.N. commissions and is an advisor to former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Syria. She is trilingual, fluent in English, French, and Arabic and focuses much of her attention on the Middle East. Although Alamuddin has spent the majority of her life outside of her homeland, she has remained connected to her Arab roots and has worked hard to empower herself and others. Epsilon Alpha Sigma is captivated by all of Alamuddin’s achievements throughout her life and we are blessed to have Alamuddin as an example to the ladies of EAΣ, some of which aspire to be human rights lawyers. We proudly support Amaluddin’s future professional endeavors and send her many positive wishes as she moves forward.
After graduating from NYU, she joined the litigation department of Sullivan & Cromwell in New York and practiced U.S. and international law there for three years. Alamuddin is an accomplished barrister who specializes in international law, human rights, extradition and criminal law for the Doughty Street Chambers firm in London. She has represented WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, in his fight against extradition by Sweden and Ukraine's ex-prime minister, Yulia Tymoshenko, in challenging her detention before the European Court of Human Rights. She also has been appointed to numerous U.N. commissions and is an advisor to former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Syria. She is trilingual, fluent in English, French, and Arabic and focuses much of her attention on the Middle East. Although Alamuddin has spent the majority of her life outside of her homeland, she has remained connected to her Arab roots and has worked hard to empower herself and others. Epsilon Alpha Sigma is captivated by all of Alamuddin’s achievements throughout her life and we are blessed to have Alamuddin as an example to the ladies of EAΣ, some of which aspire to be human rights lawyers. We proudly support Amaluddin’s future professional endeavors and send her many positive wishes as she moves forward.
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