Amal Clooney to teach at Columbia Law School

Hollywood star George Clooney's lawyer wife Amal will deliver a lecture on human rights law at the Columbia Law School.

"It is an honour to be invited as a visiting professor at Columbia Law School alongside such a distinguished faculty and talented student pool," she said in a statement.

"I look forward to getting to know the next generation of human rights advocates studying here," Amal added.

Amal, who wed George last year in Venice, has served as a senior advisor to Kofi Annan and represented WikiLeaks Julian Assange, among other high profile jobs.