Sotomayor to speak at the U.

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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor is set to speak at the University of Utah for the first time on Jan. 28.

Tickets are sold out for the free public speech, but standby seating may be available on the day of the event.

The U.'s MUSE Project, which aims to enrich undergraduates' experience, is sponsoring the event. Sotomayor is set to talk about themes in her new book, "My Beloved World."

MUSE Project director Mark Matheson, an English professor, praised the memoir.

"I'm confident that Justice Sotomayor's vision and energy will inspire university students and other members of the diverse and aspirational society we have in the state of Utah," he said statement.

Sotomayor was appointed as an associate justice of the Supreme Court in 2009 by President Barack Obama. She's the first Latina and the third woman to hold the position.

Sotomayor graduated from Princeton in 1976 and from Yale Law School in 1979. She was an assistant district attorney in New York and then worked at the law firm Pavia & Harcourt. She served as a U.S. district court judge in the southern district of New York, and from 1998 to 2009 on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

A grant from the O.C. Tanner Company has provided 1,500 copies of "My Beloved World" to U. students and others.

More information is available at: muse.utah.edu.

Seating will be provided on a first-come, first-served basis; a ticket does not guarantee admission. All ticketholders must be in their seats by 11:45 a.m. Doors open at 10:30 a.m. Arriving early is encouraged.

Guests will be able to submit questions prior to the event at muse.utah.edu/sotomayor-event.