Jenipher is a civil movement and human rights attorney and the Managing Attorney of For the People | A People’s Legal Office, LLC. She began her career in the New Orleans office of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) through the Albert Schweitzer Fellowship of Harvard University and the City of New Orleans Office of Independent Police Monitor (OPM).
Her work challenging the system of mass incarceration has resulted in binding affirmative decisions regarding the constitutional rights of prisoners in the United States. Jenipher litigates complex civil cases involving the rights of political prisoners, employment discrimination, and law enforcement and correctional officer misconduct. Her work in litigation and in the community has been recognized by the Clinical Legal Education Association (CLEA) and Denver Public Schools (DPS).
As a clinical law professor, Jenipher has instructed law students on the rights of prisoners, movement lawyering, and professional identity formation. She has been published both domestically and internationally and served as Editor-in-Chief of the National Lawyers Guild Law Review.
Jenipher currently serves as co-chair of the Mass Incarceration Committee of the National Lawyers Guild (NLG). She also serves on the Board of Directors of the Faculty of Federal Advocates (FFA) and has been recognized as one of Denver’s 40 Under 40 young professionals. She is a proud board member of the National Conference of Black Lawyers (NCBL).
In addition, Jenipher has received extended integrative training in contemplative practice and social justice informed by the perennial tradition, earning a certificate from the Center for Action & Contemplation (CAC).
