Ms. Clooney is a barrister at Doughty Street Chambers, where she specialises in international law and human rights, and is ranked as one of the top lawyers in the U.K. in the fields of international human rights and international criminal law.

She is also a Visiting Professor at Columbia Law School, where she teaches international human rights law. Ms. Clooney has represented journalists and media professionals in domestic and international courts around the world, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning Reuters journalists, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, and 2021 Nobel Peace Prize winner, Maria Ressa.