She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Letters from the University of Oklahoma and a Juris Doctor in Law from Georgetown University Law Center where she was a Public Interest Law Scholar. Professor Hensley came to the law after working in the public interest, first as a member of AmeriCorps*VISTA, and then as the executive director of a civil society not-for-profit organization. After law school, Professor Hensley was an Equal Justice Works Fellow at Bread for the City in Washington, D.C. and later worked in private real estate practice there. During law school, Professor Hensley was a Peggy Browning Fund Fellow and clerked at the International Union of Electronic, Electrical, Salaried, Machine and Furniture Workers. She also clerked at the D.C. Public Defender’s Service.