The Justices' 2026 Events, Appearances and Interviews, With Links to Videos When Recorded
The 2026 events are below. We’ve also covered the justices’ 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 events, and prior years’ events in the recent past were covered by SCOTUSMap.
Future events, appearances and interviews
56. Justice Sotomayor is scheduled to speak with Ninth Circuit Chief Judge Mary Murguía and UnidosUS President Janet Murguía at the University of Kansas School of Law in Lawrence (4/6): Announcement
57. Justice Sotomayor is scheduled to visit schools in the Lawrence area during her time in Kansas (4/7): Announcement
58. Justice Gorsuch is scheduled to speak about his new book, Heroes of 1776, at the Reagan Library in Simi Valley, Calif. (5/5): Announcement; livestream expected here
59. Chief Justice Roberts is scheduled to speak with Third Circuit Chief Judge Michael Chagares at the circuit’s judicial conference in Hershey, Pa. (5/6): Announcement; video not permitted, per CA3 source
60. Justice Jackson is scheduled to speak at Southern Methodist University’s Tate Lecture Series in Dallas (5/12): Announcement
61. Justice Jackson is scheduled to speak with former U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar and receive the Arabella Babb Mansfield Award at the National Association of Women Lawyers convention in Chicago (7/23): Announcement
62. Justice Kavanaugh is scheduled to be the keynote speaker and receive the St. Thomas More Award at the Catholic Bar Association Annual Conference in Dallas (9/26): Announcement
63. Justice Thomas’ official portrait is expected to be unveiled at some point in the not-too-distant future (date unknown): Announcement
Past events, appearances and interviews
January
1. Justice Breyer (ret.) teaches a two-week course on the Supreme Court with Provost Jenny Martinez at Stanford Law School in Palo Alto, Calif. (early Jan.): Post (no video)
2. Justice Breyer (ret.) speaks with Provost Martinez at Stanford Law (1/8): Post (no video)
3. Justice Gorsuch meets with students of the Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation scholarship program at a private event in D.C. (1/9): Post (no video)
4. Justice Breyer (ret.) accepts the 11th Annual O’Connor Justice Prize at a dinner at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University in Phoenix and speaks with former Arizona Chief Justice Scott Bales at the event (1/16): Post and photos (no video)
5. Justice Alito attends a conference and cocktail reception at the Hôtel Le Marois in Paris hosted by the Law & Liberty Circle and the Federalist Society (1/29): Announcement and article (no video)
6. Justice Jackson, along with Ninth Circuit Judge Holly Thomas and D. Mass. Judge Patti Saris, judges a moot court competition at Pepperdine Caruso School of Law in Malibu, Calif. (1/30): Article (no video)
7. Justice Jackson speaks with Caruso Law Dean Paul Caron in Malibu, Calif. (1/30): Article (no video)
8. Chief Justice Roberts attends the Alfalfa Club dinner in D.C. (1/31): Article (no video)
9. Justice Barrett and her husband Jesse visit Israel (likely late Jan. or early Feb.): Photo, which has since been taken off the Internet (no video)
February
10. Justice Jackson attends the 2026 Grammy Awards at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles (2/1): Video
11. Justice Kennedy is interviewed in his SCOTUS chambers by ABC News’ Devin Dwyer on “ABC News Live Prime with Linsey Davis” (2/2): Video
12. Justice Barrett was scheduled to speak at Villanova University in Villanova, Penn. (on or around 2/3): Working to confirm
13. Chief Justice Roberts, along with Sixth Circuit Judge Joan Larsen and Eleventh Circuit Judge Barbara Lagoa, judges the Van Vleck Constitutional Law Moot Court Competition at GW Law in D.C. (2/5): Article (no video)
14. Justice Jackson speaks with artist Isaac Julien and Secretary of the Smithsonian Lonnie Bunch about Julien’s video installation on Frederick Douglass at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in D.C. (2/4): Post (no video)
15. Justice Breyer (ret.) speaks at Stetson University College of Law in Gulfport, Fla., as part of the school’s 125th anniversary celebration (2/5): Post (no video)
16. Justice Sotomayor speaks to students at Pasadena High School in Pasadena, Calif. (2/6): Photo (no video)
17. Justice Sotomayor speaks to students at the UCLA School of Law in Los Angeles (2/6): Article (no video)
18. Justice Sotomayor speaks with California Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero and Ninth Circuit Chief Judge Mary Murguia at Occidental College in Los Angeles (2/6): Article (no video)
19. Justice Kennedy (ret.) speaks at the Society of the Four Arts in Palm Beach, Fla. (2/6): Announcement (confirmed by venue but no photos or video)
20. Justice Sotomayor reads to fifth graders at the Pasadena Playhouse in Pasadena, Calif. (2/9): Article (no video)
21. Justice Sotomayor is honored with a lifetime achievement award at the Japanese American Bar Association dinner in Los Angeles (2/9): Post (no full video)
22. Justice Alito is interviewed in his chambers by journalist James Rosen for Politico (came out 2/10, interview conducted a year prior): Article (no video)
23. Justice Sotomayor speaks with children’s author Carmen Tafolla at the Carver Community Center in San Antonio, Tex. (2/10): Post (no video)
24. Justice Barrett speaks at Duke Law School with its dean, Kerry Abrams, in Durham, N.C. (2/10): Article (no video)
25. Justice Barrett, along with Fourth Circuit Judges Albert Diaz and Pamela Harris, judges a moot court competition at Duke Law School in Durham, N.C. (on or around 2/10): Post (no video)
26. Justice Jackson is interviewed by CBS News’ Gayle King, Nate Burleson and Vladimir Duthiers on “CBS Mornings” in New York (aired on 2/10): Video
27. Justice Jackson is interviewed by Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin and Sara Haines on ABC’s “The View” in New York (2/10): Video
28. Justice Sotomayor speaks with children’s author Eliza Kinkz at the First Baptist Church in Austin, Tex. (2/11): Post (no video)
29. Justice Sotomayor speaks with Dean of the University of Puerto Rico School of Law Vivian Rivera at the Teatro de la Universidad de Puerto Rico in San Juan (2/13): Article (no video)
30. Justice Thomas speaks with Notre Dame Law Prof. Haley Proctor at the Law Review’s spring symposium in South Bend, Ind. (2/13): Article (no video)
31. Justice Jackson is interviewed by CBS News’ Adriana Diaz in New York (aired on 2/14): Video
32. Justice Alito speaks with Washington & Lee School of Law Prof. Russell Miller and German Federal Constitutional Court Justice Henning Radtke at an event celebrating the Court’s 75th anniversary at the German Embassy in D.C. (2/20): Post (no video)
33. Justice Jackson speaks remotely with journalist Elise Hu on her “Raising Us” parenting podcast (aired on 2/24): Audio (no video)
34. Chief Justice Roberts and Justices Kagan, Kavanaugh and Barrett attend the President’s State of the Union address (2/24): Video
35. Justice Sotomayor speaks remotely with iCivics Director of Educator Engagement Natacha Scott as part of the organization’s Civic Learning Week 2026 (recorded on 2/25; aired on 3/11): Photo (video online until 3/18 but then removed)
36. Justice Thomas speaks remotely from Sen. Mike Lee’s D.C. office with attorney Gene Schaerr at the J. Reuben Clark Law Society’s annual conference, hosted by American University’s Washington College of Law (2/26): Article (no video)
37. Justice Sotomayor participates remotely in a conversation with Northeastern School of Law Profs. Judy Brown and Wendy Parmet (2/27): Photos (no video)
38. Justice Jackson shares a remote message with her alma mater high school to celebrate a debate tournament held there (2/28): Video clip (no full video)
March
39. Justice Jackson meets with students from the William & Mary Law School Black Law Students Association in the Supreme Court building (3/3): Post (no video)
40. Justice Jackson speaks with journalist Jonathan Capehart at Mt. Ennon Baptist Church in Clinton, Md. (3/7): Post (no video)
41. Justice Barrett speaks with retired E.D. Cal. Judge David Levi and local attorney Ben Allison at the Lensic Performing Arts Center in Santa Fe, N.M. (3/8): Video
42. Justices Kavanaugh and Jackson participate in a Flannery Lecture Series panel discussion moderated by D.D.C. Judge Paul Friedman at the E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Courthouse in D.C. (3/9): Article (no video)
43. Justice Barrett gives the 2026 Supreme Court Fellows Program Annual Lecture, which was a conversation with Counselor to the Chief Justice Bob Dow at the Law Library of Congress in D.C. (3/12): Video
44. Justice Barrett and her husband Jesse attend a Supreme Court Fellows reception, likely in the Court building or Library of Congress (3/12): Mentioned in this appearance (no video)
45. Justice Jackson speaks with students at Jefferson High School in Portland, Ore. (3/12) Article (no video)
46. Justice Jackson speaks with author Renée Watson at Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall in Portland, Ore. (3/12): Post (no video)
47. Justices Kavanaugh and Barrett attend the investiture of Sixth Circuit Judge Whitney Hermandorfer in Nashville, Tenn. (3/13): Post (no video)
48. Justice Jackson speaks at a First Circuit judges’ workshop in Maine (3/16): Confirmed by CA1 staff (no video)
49. Chief Justice Roberts speaks with S.D. Tex. Judge Lee Rosenthal at Rice University in Houston (3/17): Video
50. Justice Barrett visits Rhodes College in Memphis for an event with students and faculty (3/18): Article (no video)
51. All of the active justices — minus Justice Gorsuch, per a tipster — and Justice Kennedy (ret.) attend a memorial ceremony at the Supreme Court celebrating Justice O’Connor, which was followed by a special session of the Court honoring her (3/19): Had live video of the former here, but it’s no longer online; audio of the latter is here
52. Justice Alito attends the first annual Originalism Lecture at the Edwin Meese III Institute for the Rule of Law at Advancing American Freedom in D.C. (3/19): Post (no video)
53. Justice Barrett meets with a delegation from Waynesburg University in the Supreme Court building (3/20): Post (no video)
54. Justice Kagan hosts students from Bard High School Early College Brooklyn in the Supreme Court building (3/23): Via a source (no video)
55. Justice Breyer (ret.) speaks with Harvard College Dean David Deming in Cambridge, Mass. (3/23): Photos (no video)