human rights lawyer amal  clooney will join columbia law school as a visiting faculty  member this spring, the new york based university said on  friday she will be a senior fellow with the law school's human rights institute  clooney, who is based in london, said in a statement  that it was 'an honor' to teach at the ivy league institution 'i look forward to getting to know the next generation of  human rights advocates studying here,' she said scroll down for video  human rights lawyer amal clooney will join columbia law school in new york as a visiting faculty member and senior fellow this spring  clooney, who is usually based in london, said in a statement that it was 'an honor' to teach at the ivy league institution (pictured) clooney will  deliver lectures on human rights law during the current spring  semester husband, george, will also be in new york this spring filming his next movie, jodie foster directed 'money monster' with co star julia roberts at locations around wall street lebanese born amal clooney, 37, may have shot into the public eye  as the partner of george clooney, 53, whom she married in a lavish  italian ceremony last year, but she has forged a notable career  as an international human rights lawyer among her previous roles she served as an adviser to kofi annan in his  role as a united nations special adviser for syria clooney also  represented wikileaks founder julian assange in his extradition  proceedings lebanese born amal, 37, married partner george clooney, 53, in a lavish italian ceremony last year, propelling her into the public eye  clooney previously served as adviser to kofi annan (left) in his role as un special adviser for syria, and also represented wikileaks founder julian assange (right) in his extradition proceedings  she is currently representing jailed canadian al jazeera journalist  mohamed fahmy in egypt, where he was sentenced last year on charges that  include spreading lies to help a terrorist organization just last month she lashed out at the canadian government, accusing ottawa of 'woefully inadequate' efforts to secure fahmy's repatriation  since january she has been working on recognition of the armenian genocide an oxford graduate, clooney completed her masters of law at new york university and worked in the city at the firm sullivan & cromwell she returned to london in 2010, joining doughty street chambers as a barrister she has since lectured on international criminal law at soas (university of london), the new school in new york city, the hague academy of international law, and the university of north carolina at chapel hill clooney is currently representing jailed canadian al jazeera journalist mohamed fahmy in egypt, where he was sentenced last year on charges that include spreading lies to help a terrorist organization  since january clooney has been working on recognition of the armenian genocide, seen here at the european court of human rights in january  clooney has been seen out and about in new york ahead of the announcement of her new role at columbia  husband george will be with amal in new york in april as he films his new movie 'money monster'
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human rights lawyer amal clooney will join columbia university as a visiting faculty member and senior fellow at the law school this spring . clooney described the new role at the ivy league institution as 'an honor'. 'i look forward to getting to know the next generation of human rights advocates studying here,' she said in a statement . husband george will also be in new york this april filming his new movie 'money monster' around wall street 