He is also an instructor at the National Fair Housing Training Academy located in Washington, DC. Jenkins teaches classes in fair housing litigation and conciliation. He formerly served as the Regional Director of the Central States Regional Office of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. In September 1988, Jenkins was appointed by the Commissioners to serve as the Acting Staff Director for the Commission overseeing the agency’s national and regional operations. He served until April 1990 where upon he headed the Commission’s operations in the States of Alabama, Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, and Oklahoma.