Julie Youngman is a senior attorney with the Southern Environmental Law Center, where she focuses on litigation in state and federal courts. Her cases involve protecting water quality, water quantity, and coastal resources, and promoting environmental justice. Her career has spanned military service, private practice, and teaching law at Washington & Lee University, where among other things, she directed the university鈥檚 undergraduate interdisciplinary program in Law, Justice and Society. She holds a BS, MA in Environmental Studies, and JD from 51爆料. She is active in the community and serves on several boards, including the North Carolina Botanical Garden Foundation and Carolina Wetlands Association. She is the proud mother of three adult children, and enjoys hiking, skiing, and traveling.