Oral Argument Calendar

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The Fourth Circuit hears oral argument at regularly scheduled sessions in Richmond, Virginia, and at special sessions scheduled throughout the circuit. Register to receive calendar and audio file updates:
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Links for each oral argument session are activated when the case calendar is posted.  To listen to cases as they are being argued before a panel, click on the case calendar for that session and then on the Listen link for that panel.  Audio files for each case are posted on the Listen to Oral Arguments page the following day.

2023-2024 Term

  • September 19-22, 2023
  • October 24-27, 2023
  • December 5-8, 2023
  • January 23-26, 2024
  • March 19-22, 2024
  • May 7-10, 2024

Law School & Special Sessions

2023-2024 Term

  • October 31, 2023 (Wake Forest Univ School of Law)

2024-2025 Term

  • September 24-27, 2024
  • October 29 - November 1, 2024
  • December 10-13, 2024
  • January 28-31, 2025
  • March 18-21, 2025
  • May 6-9, 2025

Law School & Special Sessions


The identity of the panel assigned to hear argument pursuant to IOP 34.1 is not disclosed until the morning of argument.