Jennifer graduated with a BA LLB from the University of the Witwatersrand in 1978. She won the prize for the best student in the law of persons and the family in her LLB. She did her articles with Bell Dewar & Hall Attorneys and started her own practice specialising in family law, notarial practice and property law in 1982. She is an accredited mediator and has done the advanced course for psychology training in mediation.