Jenna Schuenemann earned her Juris Doctor, with concentration in public interest law, from the University of Washington School of Law in 2011. From 2017 to 2024, Jenna served as an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) with the Washington State Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH). She started her work as an ALJ working on the Social and Health Services, Department of Children, Youth, and Families, and Health Care Authority caseloads. Jenna joined the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) caseload full-time in October 2020, focusing exclusively on education law, primarily special education due process hearings.
Prior to joining OAH, Jenna was a public defender for six years, working in Pierce and Snohomish counties. Her love of education law was sparked by her two years as a juvenile court public defender, seeing the need for holistic representation for children and their families.
Jenna earned her Bachelor of Arts degree, summa cum laude, from Barnard College, Columbia University, with a major in East Asian Languages and Cultures, specializing in Chinese and political science.