Amal Alamuddin Clooney lahir di Beirut, Lebanon. Nama depannya berasal dari أمل, ʾyang berarti "harapan" dalam bahasa Arab. Ayah Amal, Ramzi Alamuddin, adalah seorang pensiunan akademisi, dan ibunya, Baria, merupakan jurnalis.[10] Keluarganya meninggalkan Lebanon karena perang saudara saat Amal masih berusia tiga tahun.[11] Mereka kemudian menetap di Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire. Amal mempunyai tiga saudara kandung: satu saudara perempuan (Tala Alamuddin) dan dua saudara tiri dari pernikahan pertama ayahnya.[12]
Alamuddin, Amal; Webb, Philippa (15 November 2010). "Expanding Jurisdiction over War Crimes under Article 8 of the ICC Statute". Journal of International Criminal Justice. 8 (5): 1219–1243. doi:10.1093/jicj/mqq066. ISSN1478-1387. OCLC775833494.[14]
Alamuddin, Amal (2014). "The role of the Security Council in starting and stopping cases at the International Criminal Court: problems of principle and practice". Dalam Zidar, Andraž; Bekou, Olympia (ed.). Contemporary Challenges for the International Criminal Court. London: British Institute of International and Comparative Law. hlm.103–130. ISBN978-1-90522-151-6. OCLC871319445.
Alamuddin, Amal; Bonini, Anna (2014). "Chapter 4: The UN investigation of the Hariri assassination; The relationship between the UN investigation commission and the Special Tribunal for Lebanon: Problems of Principle and Practice". Dalam Alamuddin, Amal; Jurdi, Nidal Nabil; Tolbert, David (ed.). The Special Tribunal for Lebanon: Law and Practice. Oxford: Oxford University Press. hlm.50–72. ISBN978-0-19-968745-9. OCLC861207456.
Clooney, Amal; Webb, Philippa (2018). The Right to a Fair Trial in International Law. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN978-0-198-80839-8. OCLC994411014. (forthcoming November 2018)