Justice Sotomayor speaks with Chancellor Martin during her previous visit to campus in April of 2022. (Zoe Oppenheimer | Student Life)

Washington University will host U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor for a “fireside chat” Wednesday, Sept. 10 from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the Field House of the Athletic Complex.

Appointed to the Supreme Court by Barack Obama in 2009, Justice Sotomayor historically has sided with the Supreme Court’s liberal wing on major decisions involving issues of race, immigration and criminal justice.

Sotomayor has written firm dissents against the majority decisions in Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, which allowed states to restrict the consideration of race in college admissions, and Trump v. United States, which granted Trump immunity from criminal prosecution for his acts as president.

The University has hosted Sotomayor before, in April of 2022, when Sotomayor spoke to an audience of over 3,000 students about her childhood and education. She especially highlighted the values that were instilled in her by her mother and grandmother.

Sotomayor’s “fireside chat” is a part of WashU’s Assembly Series, and the lecture will center around Sotomayor’s new children’s book, “Just Shine! How to Be a Better You,” based on the life of her mother Celina and her ability to “make everyone around her shine,” and “bring out the beauty in each person she met.”

The conversation will be moderated by Chancellor Andrew D. Martin.

All attendees will receive a free copy of Justice Sotomayor’s book. Registration for a lottery drawing to receive a ticket to the event has already opened and will close on Wednesday, Sept. 3 at 5 p.m.

Editor’s Note: This article was updated at 12:15 a.m. on August 26th to reflect the changed registration procedures for the event.