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During her first law firm job, Amal Clooney quickly realized that corporate law was not where her future lay. Working on the case of Enron, a company accused of manipulating its books and causing massive shareholder losses, she found her interest pulled increasingly toward the pro bono clients she was working with. Before long, she had left her prestigious job in Manhattan for a low-paid position at the International Court of Justice in the Hague. And that instinct to use her legal skills to fight for those in dire need has been her guiding principle ever since. "I want to focus on the areas where I think I can have the greatest impac
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