Chief Justice Valerie Stanfill's 2026 State of the Judiciary Speech

Date: 2/12/2026

Supreme Judicial Court Chief Justice Valerie Stanfill delivered her annual State of the Judiciary speech to a joint session of the Second Regular Session of the 132nd Maine State Legislature on Thursday, February 12.

A copy of the speech can be found here: https://www.courts.maine.gov/courts/sjc/soj/soj-2026.pdf and attached below.

Supporting documents

2026 State of the Judiciary (PDF)