Jennifer graduated with honors from North Carolina Central University School of Law in 2005. She graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1996. While in law school, Jennifer was on the Law Journal and Trial Team. She also volunteered with the Innocence Project, which reviews claims of actual innocence by inmates in an attempt to reverse false convictions, and Durham County's Guardian ad Litem office, which provides a "voice in court" for foster children.

Before beginning law school, Jennifer taught elementary and middle school Spanish and English as a Second Language. Her undergraduate degree was in Spanish education (Grades K -12), and she received a North Carolina Teaching Fellows scholarship. As an undergraduate, she studied abroad in lovely Seville, Spain.

Jennifer held several legal internships while in law school, including with the Immigrants' Legal Assistance Project, the Durham County Office of the Public Defender, and the Civil Division of the United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina. During her last year in law school continuing through the present, she has worked for the Law Office of Laura S. Jenkins.

Jennifer is very interested in working with injured workers, and particularly in helping the Latino community. She has been involved with helping Latino immigrants to North Carolina through her former students, her work with the Guardian ad Litem office and the Immigrants' Legal Assistance Project, and through her parish, Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Durham.

Education Background

North Carolina Central University School of Law, Juris Doctor, 2005
Cum laude
Dean's List

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Bachelor of Arts in Spanish Education, 1996
Dean's List
North Carolina Teaching Fellow

Legal and Community Involvement

• Admission North Carolina Bar, 2005
• Professional Memberships:
  NC Academy of Trial Lawyers
  American Bar Association
• Volunteer work with Durham County Guardian ad Litem, NCCU's Innocence Project, and Old North Durham Neighborhood Association.