Leslie Mendez ’20 LL.M. wins Supreme Court case in Belize

Leslie Mendez ’20 LL.M. was one of the lawyers in a Belize Supreme Court case involving two female police officers who alleged that their constitutional rights were violated when they were disciplined by their superiors for not getting rid of their dreadlocks. The court ruled in favor of the officers in January 2021.

Read more about the case on Vice World News, and see Mendez’s comments on the case in this report from a TV station in Belize.