Here are the justices’ 2020, 2021 and 2022 events; prior years’ events were largely covered by SCOTUSMap

 

Future 2023 events

59. Justice Sotomayor is scheduled to speak at Stevenson University’s Baltimore Speaker Series (9/27): Per the organizer: “Photos, video, and audio recordings are prohibited, as is live-streaming. We are not offering press passes”;  announcement here

60. 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

61-62. 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

63. 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

64. 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

65. 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

58. Justice Kavanaugh presents 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): No video (confirmed by SCOTUS PIO); announcement here

57. 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

56. 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

55. 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

54. 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

53. 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): Link to video; press report here

52. Justice Sotomayor appears in the season two premiere of “Alma’s Way” on PBS Kids (9/18): Announcement here; video segment here

51. 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

50. Justice Breyer (ret.) is interviewed at GW Law by Kenneth Feinberg on Breyer’s time working in the Senate (9/14): Announcement here

49. Chief Justice Roberts presides over the semiannual Judicial Conference meeting in Washington, D.C. (9/12): No video; press report here

48. Chief Justice Roberts swears in the new Archivist of the United States, Colleen Shogan (9/11): Link to video

47. Justice Breyer (ret.) speaks at a First Circuit ceremony honoring the life of Judge Juan Torruella (9/8): Link to video

46. Justice Kavanaugh speaks at the Sixth Circuit Judicial Conference in Cleveland (9/7): No video; press report here

45. Justice Gorsuch speaks at the Tenth Circuit Judicial Conference in Sante Fe, N.M. (9/6 or 9/7): No video; no press access; press report regardless here

44. Chief Justice Roberts, Justice Kagan and Justice Breyer (ret.) participate in a two-day meeting with members of the Supreme Court of Canada in Ottawa and Montreal (Week of 9/4): No video; announcement here

43. 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

42. 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

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