Her work focuses on the representation of indigent youth charged with crimes in juvenile court and at post-dispositional hearings, and on policy reform in the areas of juvenile sentencing, the over-incarceration of youth, mental health services for children, and the reintegration of children discharged from juvenile correctional facilities. In January 2010, Governor Quinn appointed Julie to the Illinois Juvenile Justice Commission and she sits on its Executive and Communications Committees. In addition, Julie sits on the Juvenile Justice Initiative’s Board of Directors and leads Illinois’ John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Juvenile Indigent Action Network and Mental Health and Juvenile Justice Action Network.