Ernestine S. Gray is in her fourteenth year as a juvenile court judge in New Orleans, Louisiana. She came to the bench after working with the Baton Rouge Legal Aid Society, the Attorney General for the State of Louisiana and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Many of Judge Gray's community interests and involvement have been with organizations and programs that focused on children and families. She has dedicated her time on the bench to working for improvements in the laws and courts that serve families and children at the local, state and national levels. Judge Gray has been invited to the White House to meet with Mrs. Clinton, to attend meetings with Attorney General Janet Reno, and to speak before various Senate and House committees. She received her bachelor's degree from Spelman College in Atlanta, and her J.D. from the Louisiana State University Law School in Baton Rouge.