JUDICIAL SERVICE

Elected November 6, 2012 to the Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit

EDUCATION

• Mercer University, McAfee School of Theology, Master of Divinity
• Southern University Law Center, Juris Doctor
• Southern University, Master of Public Administration
• Louisiana Southern University, Bachelor of Arts - Political Science

PROFESSIONAL CAREER

• Assistant District Attorney for the Parish of Orleans, 1989-1992
• Pro Se Staff Attorney, Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal, 1992-1997
• Criminal Justice Act Panel Attorney, Eastern District of Louisiana 1998-2012
• Louisiana Appellate Project, 1998-2000
• Law office of Scheuermann & Jones (Blake Jones Law Firm, LLC) Associate Attorney, 2002-2004
• Of Counsel, 2004-2012
• Special Appeal Counsel, District Attorney Washington/St. Tammany Parishes, 2002-2005
• Sandra Cabrina Jenkins, Attorney at Law, 2010-2012
• Assistant Professor, Xavier University of Louisiana, 2010 to present

PROFESSIONAL & CIVIC AFFILIATIONS

Teaching is Judge Jenkins’ passion. Her faculty positions include:

• National Judicial College
• National Judicial Opioid Task Force faculty member for the State of Louisiana
• Judicial Education Faculty Member, Louisiana Supreme Court’s Domestic Violence LPOR program
• Adjunct Professor Xavier University of Louisiana
• Mentor for the Legal Education Advancing Diversity (LEAD) program
• National Association of Women Judges, District 6 State chair for Louisiana
• Judge Jenkins Law Camps

Former Board memberships:

• Greg K. Monroe Foundation, Inc.
• Louisiana Foundation Against Sexual Assault (LAFASA)
• Alliance for Affordable Energy
Currently serves as a board member: Operation Restoration, an organization supporting women and girls impacted by incarceration.

Judge Jenkins participates with:

• The Greater New Orleans Human Trafficking Task Force
• Louisiana Women’s Incarceration Task Force
• GirlTrek
Her professional affiliations include numerous national state and local organizations:
• National Association of Women Judges
• Association of Women Attorneys
• Greater New Orleans Martinet Legal Society
• Louisiana Judicial Council/National Bar Association

HONORS/AWARDS/PUBLICATIONS

If Judge Jenkins is not participating in a teaching event, volunteering, or conducting a Law Camp, she is working in ministry. Minister Jenkins is a licensed minister at First Emanuel Baptist Church. She has been active in ministry for over 30 years in the capacity as youth director, trustee, women’s retreat facilitator, curriculum development and writing, and teacher.