Kudos to 2018 Rappaport Center Fellow,ÌýSiriÌýNelson, for assisting Kohn, Kohn, and Colapinto on an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court of the United States to grant certiorari inÌýButler v. Board of County Commissioners for San Miguel County. The issue inÌýButlerÌýdeals with the First Amendment right to testify in court proceedings.ÌýThe amicus argues, “The well-established purpose and design of the Civil Rights Act of 1871 was to ensure that all people had access to all courts without fear.â€

Nelson was recently awarded the prestigiousÌýEstelle S. Kohn Memorial FellowshipÌýby Northeastern University School of Law which allows her to work as a whistleblower litigation fellow with Kohn, Kohn and Colapinto.Ìý