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As the beginning of the Supreme Court’s 2026-27 term approaches, the justices have been keeping a packed schedule of public engagements that promises to keep them in the public eye leading up to the unofficial start of the term with the long conference on September 28. Among the justices, Justices Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett, and Ketanji Brown Jackson have a series of high-profile appearances scheduled.
Justice Kavanaugh plans to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks by addressing attendees at Notre Dame’s Jeanie Poole O’Shaughnessy Memorial Lecture on September 11, highlighting the American spirit of resilience. Details of the event can be found on Notre Dame’s website.
Justice Amy Coney Barrett is set to appear in Charlottesville, Virginia on September 17 for a discussion of her book “Listening to the Law” at an event organized by the UVA Karsh Institute of Democracy. For more information, attendees can refer to the event page. That same day, Justice Jackson will receive the Justice Brennan Distinguished Jurist Award from the Philadelphia Bar Association, with remarks pre-recorded for the association’s event.
Justice Gorsuch has planned an engagement on September 25 in Colorado Springs at the Bench & Bar Conference hosted by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit. The conference will feature a fireside chat with Gorsuch, Circuit Judge Timothy M. Tymkovich, and George Washington University Law School’s Jeffrey Rosen. No recordings or photography will be allowed during this conversation, as noted in the conference’s agenda.
In Beverly Hills, California on September 26, Justice Alito is scheduled to be the keynote speaker at Pepperdine Caruso School of Law’s annual dinner. The theme is “For Greater Purpose,” celebrating the institution’s commitment to both academic excellence and Christian values, as noted by the school’s event information. Also on September 26, Justice Kavanaugh will keynote the Catholic Bar Association’s annual conference in Dallas, and Justice Barrett will be in Atchison, Kansas at a ceremony for the dedication of Benedictine College’s new library facility.
Finally, the calendar for September wraps up with Justice Jackson delivering the Olga M. Jonasson Lecture at the American College of Surgeons’ Clinical Congress on September 27 in Washington, D.C.
More details on all these engagements can be explored further at SCOTUSblog.
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