--- title: "Sandra Cabrina Jenkins | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/sandra-cabrina-jenkins-judge-louisiana-4th-circuit-court-of-appeal-1st-district-division-h-la" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-07" --- # Sandra Cabrina Jenkins Louisiana 4th Circuit Court of Appeal · Judge ## Profile - Court: Louisiana 4th Circuit Court of Appeal - State: Louisiana - Role: Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-26 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Democratic Party judge serving on the Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal, 1st District, since 2012, with a career spanning over 23 years in law, public service, and education - Since 2010, Jenkins has been an Assistant Professor of Pre‐Law at Xavier University of Louisiana - Assistant Professor Xavier University Louisiana pre-law — Xavier University · start year: 2010 - Assistant District Attorney Orleans Parish — Orleans Parish DA - Staff Attorney Central Staff 4th Circuit — 4th Circuit Court of Appeal - Solo practitioner and CJA panel attorney in the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana She also held the role of an associate and of counsel at Scheuermann & Jones, LLC in New Orleans - She founded Judge Jenkins Law Camps ### Education - Master of Judicial Studies — Duke University School of Law - National Judicial College — 2027 — Judicial Studies - Master of Divinity — Mercer University, McAfee School of Theology — 2015 — Divinity - Southern University Law Center — Law — J.D. (1989) - Master of Public Administration — Southern University, Nelson Mandela School of Public Policy — 1987 — Public Administration - Louisiana State University — Political Science — B.A. (1984) ### Additional information - court: Louisiana 4th Circuit Court of Appeal · role: Judge · start date: 2013-01-01 · notes: 1st District Division H, elected Nov 6 2012, re-elected without opposition 2022, term ends 2032 - Candidate Class of 2027 - In 2018, she was appointed by Governor John Bel Edwards to the Louisiana Women’s Incarceration Task Force. - Judge Jenkins presides over the 1st District of the Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal, covering Orleans, St. Bernard, and Plaquemine Parishes. - focusing on civility, civics, and mind‐body‐soul integration - She is a Judicial Education Faculty Member for the Louisiana Supreme Court’s Domestic Violence LPOR program and has taught judges, lawyers, and laypersons at national, state, and local levels. - She has also held the role of District 6 State Chair for the National Association of Women Judges ## Before you appear - Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed. - Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance. - Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding. ## Courtroom Rules ### electronic or photographic presentation of evidence Scope: statewide Louisiana trial judges may authorize electronic or photographic means for presenting evidence, preserving the record, counsel use, or judicial-administration purposes. Evidence excerpt: A trial judge may authorize ... the use of electronic or photographic means for the presentation of evidence [Louisiana Code of Judicial Conduct, Canon 3A(9)](https://www.lasc.org/Court_Rules?p=CJC) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### broadcast recording photography Scope: statewide Louisiana judges generally prohibit broadcasting, televising, recording, or photographing courtroom proceedings unless a Canon 3A(9) exception applies. Evidence excerpt: a judge shall prohibit broadcasting, televising, recording, or taking photographs in the courtroom [Louisiana Code of Judicial Conduct, Canon 3A(9)](https://www.lasc.org/Court_Rules?p=CJC) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### appellate extended media coverage Scope: statewide Louisiana appellate courts may permit extended media coverage in public appellate proceedings, subject to the authority of the court and presiding judge or panel. Evidence excerpt: An appellate court may permit broadcasting, televising, recording, and taking photographs of public judicial proceedings [Louisiana Code of Judicial Conduct, Canon 3A(9)](https://www.lasc.org/Court_Rules?p=CJC) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://www.louisianajudiciary.com/judges/sandra-cabrina-jenkins/) - [Official roster](https://www.louisianajudiciary.com/judges/sandra-cabrina-jenkins/) - [Louisiana Judiciary public directory official judicial roster](https://www.louisianajudiciary.com/judges/sandra-cabrina-jenkins/) - [Louisiana Code of Judicial Conduct, Canon 3A(9)](https://www.lasc.org/Court_Rules?p=CJC) - [Supplied Louisiana biography research](https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/sandra-cabrina-jenkins-judge-louisiana-4th-circuit-court-of-appeal-1st-district-division-h-la) - [Supplied Louisiana biography research](https://ballotready.org/people/sandra-cabrina-jenkins) - [Supplied Louisiana biography research](https://judicialstudies.duke.edu) - [Supplied Louisiana biography research](https://xula.edu) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/sandra-cabrina-jenkins-judge-louisiana-4th-circuit-court-of-appeal-1st-district-division-h-la", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/sandra-cabrina-jenkins-judge-louisiana-4th-circuit-court-of-appeal-1st-district-division-h-la", "name": "Sandra Cabrina Jenkins | KnowJudges", "description": "Sandra Cabrina Jenkins, Louisiana 4th Circuit Court of Appeal. 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