Elizabeth (Betsy) Julian is a lawyer who has worked at the intersection of poverty and race for 45 years. She served as President of the Dallas based Inclusive Communities Project from 2004-2016, and currently serves on the ICP Board. From 1993 to 1999 she served in the Clinton Administration as Deputy General Counsel for Civil Rights, Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing, and Secretary’s Representative for the Southwest. Her pre-HUD experience includes 20 years of practice of poverty and civil rights law in Texas, where she represented primarily low-income clients in cases involving housing discrimination, voting rights, municipal services discrimination and indigent health care. From 1988-90, she was executive director of Legal Services of North Texas and helped found the Texas Lawyer’s Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. She has been a member of the PRRAC Board since it’s founding, with the exception of the period she was at HUD. She currently works as an independent consultant (www.ekjulian.com)
