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
44. Chief Justice Roberts is scheduled to speak with S.D. Tex. Judge Lee Rosenthal at Rice University in Houston (3/17): Announcement; livestream
45. All of the active and retired justices are expected to attend a memorial ceremony at the Supreme Court honoring Justice O’Connor (3/19): Announcement
46. Justice Jackson is scheduled to speak at Southern Methodist University’s Tate Lecture Series in Dallas (5/12): Announcement
47. 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
48. 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 (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 at the First Baptist Church in Austin, Tex. (2/11): Post (no video)
29. Justice Sotomayor speaks at the Teatro de la Universidad de Puerto Rico in San Juan (2/13): Article (no video)
30. Justice Jackson is interviewed by CBS News’ Adriana Diaz in New York (aired on 2/14): Video
31. 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)
32. Justice Jackson speaks remotely with journalist Elise Hu on her “Raising Us” parenting podcast (aired on 2/24): Audio (no video)
33. Chief Justice Roberts and Justices Kagan, Kavanaugh and Barrett attend the President’s State of the Union address (2/24): Video
34. 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 will be online until 3/18 but will then disappear)
35. 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)
36. Justice Sotomayor participates remotely in a conversation with Northeastern School of Law Profs. Judy Brown and Wendy Parmet (2/27): Photos (no video)
March
37. 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)
38. Justice Jackson speaks with journalist Jonathan Capehart at Mt. Ennon Baptist Church in Clinton, Md. (3/7): Post (no video)
39. Justice Barrett speaks with retired E.D. Cal. Judge David Levi at the Lensic Performing Arts Center in Santa Fe, N.M. (3/8): Article (no video)
40. 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)
41. Justice Barrett gives the 2026 Supreme Court Fellows Program Annual Lecture, which will be a conversation with Counselor to the Chief Justice Bob Dow at the Law Library of Congress in D.C. (3/12): Video
42. Justice Barrett and her husband Jesse are scheduled to attend a Supreme Court Fellow program, likely in the Court building or Library of Congress (3/12): Mentioned in this appearance (no video)
43. Justice Jackson speaks with author Renée Watson at Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall in Portland, Ore. (3/12): Post (no video)