Julia Sebutinde alkaliys ƴar ƙasar Uganda da ke zamanta na biyu a kotun duniya bayan sake zaɓenta da akayi a ranar 12 ga Nuwamba, shekarar 2020. Ita ce kuma shugabar Jami'ar Muteesa I Royal (Muteesa I Royal University) a halin yanzu jami'ar mallakar masarautar Buganda. Ta kasance alkaliya a kotun tun a watan Maris shekarar 2012. Ita ce mace ta farko a Afirka da ta zauna a kotun ICJ. Kafin a zaɓe ta a ICJ, Sebutinde ta kasance alkaliya ta Kotun Musamman a Saliyo. An naɗa ta a wannan muƙamin a shekarar 2007. An haife ta a yankin Tsakiyar Uganda mahaifiyar ta ma'aikaciyar gwamnati kuma uwargida mai suna Semambo.Ta halarci Makarantar Firamare ta Lake Victoria a Entebbe a cikin ƙarnin 1960s. Daga nan ta shiga makarantar sakandare ta Gayaza sannan ta koma King’s College Budo, kafin ta shiga jami’ar Makerere ta karanta fannin shari’a. Sebutinde ta kammala karatun digiri a fannin Shari'a (Bachelor of Laws) a shekarar 1977. Ta samu Diploma a fannin Shari'a daga Cibiyar Bunkasa Shari'a da ke Kampala a shekarar 1978.