She worked as a lawyer for almost 18 years.
She defended political prisoners Ales Pushkin, Artem Boyarsky, Igor Banzer, Andrei Avsievich, Andrei Sokolovsky in court.
On February 23, 2022, she was expelled from the Grodno Regional Bar Association for systematic violations of the law. Yulia left Belarus, but returned to the country at the end of August 2022.
She was detained on the same day together with Pavel Mozheyko
Pavel and Yulia pleaded not guilty. Yurgilevich stated at the trial that she was being held in "bestial conditions" and was not allowed to get acquainted with the case.
