Luis Miguel Meléndez ’20 is a Law & Public Policy Scholar at Temple University Beasley School of Law where he has served as a board member of OutLaw and the Latin American Law Students Association (LALSA). He also volunteers for the Transgender Name Change Project and the National Lawyers Guild Expungement Project and serves as an Academic Core Enrichment (ACE) Counselor. During his time at Temple, Luis has worked as a legal intern at the Office of Disciplinary Counsel of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, the Mazzoni Center, and the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania. Luis earned a Bachelor of Arts in Criminology from la Universidad del Turabo. As an undergraduate student, he served as a volunteer in seven political campaigns in Puerto Rico.
While in Washington, Luis is working as a legal intern at the Employment Litigation Section of the Civil Rights Division of the US Department of Justice. His policy interests include racial justice and LGBTQ rights.