The Justices' 2023 Events and Appearances with Links to Videos When Recorded
Here are the justices’ 2020, 2021 and 2022 events; prior years’ events were largely covered by SCOTUSMap
Future 2023 events
56. Justice Kavanaugh is scheduled to present the highest honor given to a federal judge to Judge José Cabranes of the Second Circuit in a ceremony at the Supreme Court (9/26): Announcement here
57. Justice Sotomayor is scheduled to speak at Stevenson University’s Baltimore Speaker Series (9/27): Announcement here
58. Justices TBD are expected to attend the annual Red Mass at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington, D.C. (10/1): More info forthcoming
59-60. Justice Breyer (ret.) is scheduled to be appear at two additional GW Law events to speak about his service on the First Circuit, the U.S. Sentencing Commission and the Supreme Court (fall TBD): Announcement here
61. The annual American Inns of Court Celebration of Excellence is scheduled to take place in the Supreme Court building; justices’ attendance is TBD (10/28): Announcement here
62. Justice Kavanaugh is scheduled to speak at the National Judicial College’s Appellate Judges Education Institute in Washington, D.C. (11/2-5): Announcement here
63. Several justices are expected to appear during the Federalist Society’s 2023 National Lawyers Convention, titled “Originalism on the Ground,” in Washington, D.C. (11/9-11): Working to confirm
Past 2023 events
55. Justice Jackson reads from Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” at the unveiling of new stained glass windows of civil rights protestors that replaced depictions of Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson in the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. (9/23): Link to video; press report here
54. Justice Kagan speaks at the Notre Dame Forum in the university’s DeBartolo Performing Arts Center with Law School Dean Marcus Cole in South Bend, Ind. (9/22): Link to video
53. Justice Kagan guest-teaches Notre Dame Law Prof. Rick Garnett’s 1L criminal law class in South Bend, Ind. (9/22): No video; tweet here
52. Justice Jackson speaks at a Harvard Club of Washington, D.C., event at the City Tavern Club in Georgetown and receives the Club’s 2023 Public Service Award (9/21): No video; announcement here
51. Justice Barrett speaks at Catholic University of America’s Columbus School of Law in Washington, D.C., in an event sponsored by its Project on Constitutional Originalism and the Catholic Intellectual Tradition (9/21): No video; press report here
50. Justice Sotomayor appears in the season two premiere of “Alma’s Way” on PBS Kids (9/18): Announcement here; video segment here
49. Justice Jackson speaks at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala., at an event marking the 60th anniversary of a bombing that killed four girls (9/15): Link to video
48. Justice Breyer (ret.) is interviewed at GW Law by Kenneth Feinberg on Breyer’s time working in the Senate (9/14): Announcement here
47. Chief Justice Roberts presides over the semiannual Judicial Conference meeting in Washington, D.C. (9/12): No video; press report here
46. Chief Justice Roberts swears in the new Archivist of the United States, Colleen Shogan (9/11): Link to video
45. Justice Breyer (ret.) speaks at a First Circuit ceremony honoring the life of Judge Juan Torruella (9/8): Link to video
44. Justice Kavanaugh speaks at the Sixth Circuit Judicial Conference in Cleveland (9/7): No video; press report here
43. Justice Gorsuch speaks at the Tenth Circuit Judicial Conference in Sante Fe, N.M. (9/6-8; working to confirm exact date): No video; no press access; press report regardless here
43. Justice Kagan attends the men’s singles final at the Mubadala Citi DC Open at Rock Creek Tennis Center in Washington, D.C., (8/6): No video; picture here
42. Justice Barrett speaks at the Seventh Circuit Judicial Conference at the Grand Geneva Resort in Lake Geneva, Wisc. (8/28): No video; press report here
41. Justice Kagan speaks at the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference in Portland, Ore. (8/3): Link to video
40. We expect that Justice Gorsuch again taught at the summer program of the National Security Institute at George Mason University’s Antonin Scalia Law School, which this year was held in Lisbon, Portugal (7/17-28): Announcement of the program here; awaiting confirmation
39. Justice Alito visits the Wall Street Journal’s New York office (“early July”): No video; interview here
38. Justice Kavanaugh speaks at the Eighth Circuit Conference in Bloomington, Minn. (7/13): No video; press report here
37. Justice Sotomayor speaks at a closed press Second Circuit conference outside Albany, N.Y. (6/21): No video; press report here
36. Justice Souter (ret.) speaks at a Concord High School (N.H.) ceremony in which he was inducted as the first member of the school’s new hall of fame (6/13): Press report (with some video) here
35. Justices Thomas, Gorsuch (who spoke) and Kavanaugh attend a retirement ceremony for D.C. Circuit Judge David Sentelle in the D.C. Circuit building (6/9): No video; press report here
34. Justice Sotomayor speaks remotely 22 judges from Argentina, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama and Peru who were in San Juan, P.R., as part of a Justice Department training program for judiciaries in the Western Hemisphere (6/8): No video; press release here
33. Chief Justice Roberts and Justices Thomas (who spoke), Alito, Gorsuch and Kavanaugh attend the memorial service for C. Boyden Gray in Washington, D.C. (6/7): No video; press report here
32. Justice Gorsuch cooks barbecue for Supreme Court staff in the building’s courtyard as part of an annual awards ceremony (6/6): No video; press report here
31. Chief Justice Roberts and Justices Alito and Barrett attend the Supreme Court Historical Society’s annual banquet inside the Supreme Court building (6/5): No video; press report here
30. Justice Kavanaugh attends the reception preceding the Supreme Court Historical Society’s annual banquet inside the Supreme Court building (6/5): No video; press report here
29. Justice Breyer (ret.) speaks at an event hosted by the Supreme Court Historical Society inside the Supreme Court courtroom (6/5): Link to video
28. Chief Justice Roberts speaks at the American Law Institute’s annual meeting to accept its Henry J. Friendly Medal (5/23): Link to video (starts at 6:22)
27. Justice Gorsuch meets with law students and recent law grads taking part in the Originalism Summer Seminar at the Georgetown Center for the Constitution (between 5/21-26): No video recording; noted here
26. Justice Thomas meets with law students and recent law grads taking part in the Originalism Summer Seminar at the Georgetown Center for the Constitution (between 5/21-26): No video recording; noted here
25. Justice Kagan speaks at the American Law Institute’s annual meeting to present Chief Justice Roberts with ALI’s Henry J. Friendly Medal (5/23): Link to video
24. Justice Jackson speaks at the Boston University School of Law graduation (5/21): Link to video (starts at 48:16)
23. Justice Jackson speaks at the American University Washington College of Law graduation (5/20): Link to video
22. Justices Kavanaugh and Jackson participate in a charity three-mile run in Washington, D.C. (5/17): Press report here; video of Kavanaugh running here; Jackson photos here
21. Justice Breyer (ret.) speaks with GW Law Dean Dayna Bowen Matthew (5/16): Link to video
20. Justice Sotomayor visits (no prepared remarks) the Bronx Children’s Museum will First Lady Jill Biden (5/3): Press report here; tweet here
19. Justices Kagan and Kavanaugh attend a reception honoring Deputy Solicitor General Malcolm Stewart hosted by the Supreme Court Institute of Georgetown University Law Center (4/27): No video recording; press report here
18. Justice Jackson delivers a video message honoring Justice Breyer (ret.) at the First Circuit Conference in Boston (4/20): Press report here; per a First Circuit source, video was not recorded
17. Justice Breyer (ret.) speaks with journalist Marcia Coyle at the First Circuit Conference in Boston (4/20): Press report here; per a First Circuit source, video was not recorded
16. Justice Barrett co-teaches seminar at Notre Dame’s London Gateway with ND Law Prof. William Kelley (c. 4/10-14): Press release here
15. Justice Breyer (ret.) and his brother, Judge Charles Breyer, speak with GW Law Associate Dean Alan Morrison at Lisner Auditorium on GW’s campus (3/29): Link to video
14. Justice Sotomayor speaks with Fordham University President Tania Tetlow in a virtual event (3/29): No video recording; press report here; tweet here
13. Justice Kagan meets with students from Bard High School Early College (New York, N.Y.) in the Supreme Court building (3/27): No video recording; Twitter post here
12. Justice Sotomayor speaks virtually at the Crystal Bridges Museum of Art in Bentonville, Ark. (3/22): Announcement here; press report here
11. Justice Breyer (ret.) speaks at GW Law about his impact on copyright law in the Burns Moot Court Room on GW’s campus (3/20): Announcement here
10. Justice Breyer (ret.) appears in conversation at Georgetown University with Fox News correspondent Jennifer Griffin (3/16): Announcement here; tweets here
9. Justice Kavanaugh co-teaches seminar at Notre Dame’s London Gateway with ND Law Prof. William Kelley (3/6-10): No video recording; press report here
8. Justice Jackson speaks at event at the Moss Cultural Arts Center in Cutler Bay, Fla., for the dedication of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Street (3/6): Link to video
7. Justice Kavanaugh meets with members of the Columbia Law School Federalist Society chapter in the Supreme Court building (2/23): No video recording; Instagram post here
6. Chief Justice Roberts and Justices Kennedy (ret.), Breyer (ret.), Kagan, Kavanaugh, Barrett and Jackson attend President Biden’s State of the Union address (2/7): Press report here; photo here
5. Justice Barrett appears as a moot court judge at Notre Dame Law School (2/6): No video recording; law school recap here
4. Justice Kavanaugh speaks at the Notre Dame Law Review Federal Courts Symposium (1/23): Link to video
3. Justice Kagan christens the USNS Earl Warren in San Diego (1/21): No video recording; press report here
2. Justice Breyer (ret.) speaks with Stanford Law Dean Jenny Martinez at Stanford’s Memorial Auditorium (1/9): Link to video
1. Justice Sotomayor speaks via videoconference and in conversation Berkeley School of Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky to the Association of American Law Schools’ annual meeting in San Diego (1/4): Link to video