The University of Illinois College of Law
cordially invites you to attend the investiture of
Margareth Etienne
as the
Carl L. Vacketta Professor of Law
March 28, 2022 at 12 p.m.
Max L. Rowe Auditorium
College of Law Building
Reception to follow in the Peer and Sarah Pedersen Pavilion.
This event will also be available to view via livestream, for those who prefer to attend remotely.
https://livestream.com/accounts/23585776/events/10215100
Margareth Etienne is a Professor of Law at the University of Illinois. She received her bachelor’s degree in history from Yale University, and earned her law degree from Yale Law School. Following law school, Etienne clerked for Judge Diana G. Motz on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. She later practiced criminal law as a Federal Public Defender where she argued cases in the Northern District of Georgia and before the Eleventh Circuit.
Professor Etienne joined the College of Law in 2001, where she is a scholar and teacher in the areas of criminal law and procedure, sentencing, education law and children and the law. Her research focuses on decision-making, specifically how the stakeholders in the criminal justice system operationalize laws and procedures “on the ground” and how their decisions in turn impact criminal law policy. Professor Etienne also writes in the area of Children and the Law with a focus on education policy and children’s rights.
She has published articles in many of the most prestigious journals in her field, including Stanford Law Review, N.Y.U. Law Review, California Law Review, University of Chicago Legal Forum, Illinois Law Review, Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology, Texas Tech Law Review, Connecticut Law Review and many others. She is also co-author of the Illinois Judicial Benchbook on Criminal Law. Her work has been cited in several judicial opinions and she has delivered more than 100 invited talks, lectures and interviews about her research in the United States and abroad. Professor Etienne is a recipient of a Fulbright Scholar grant, is a fellow of the American Bar Foundation and is a Public Voices Fellow.
Professor Etienne is also the inaugural Associate Dean for Graduate and International Programs, where she oversees the College of Law’s international endeavors as well as the JSD, LLM, and MSL degree programs. Etienne has served the campus and the College of Law in numerous administrative positions. She served as the College’s Associate Dean for Academic Affairs from 2012-13, the Interim Department Head of the Department of African American Studies from 2011-12, and as a Provost Fellow for the University of Illinois from 2009-11. Etienne has served on two provost search committees, two dean search committees, the Police Chief search committee and several other committees that have helped to shape the future of the university.
The Carl L. Vacketta Professorship in Law is made possible through the generosity of Carl L. Vacketta, a distinguished 1965 alumnus of the University of Illinois College of Law and a 1963 magna cum laude graduate of the University of Illinois College of Business.
A Retired Partner at DLA Piper, Mr. Vacketta is a loyal friend and donor, a proud alumnus, and a strong advocate for the College and the University. The roots of his generosity and commitment to the University of Illinois and the College of Law run deep: he is a member of the Dean’s Advisory Board; he is a founding member of the John E. Cribbet Society; he partnered with the Class of 1996 for the first class endowment gift; he established the Carl L. Vacketta Scholarship in Law and the Carl L. Vacketta Professor of Law; and he was the co-chair of the College’s successful $50 million Brilliant Futures capital campaign that ended in 2012. In addition, Mr. Vacketta serves on the Board of Directors of the University of Illinois Foundation. In recognition of his support, Mr. Vacketta was the 2003 recipient of the University’s prestigious William E. Winter Award for Outstanding Advocate Leadership. In 2013, he was inducted as an inaugural member of the University of Illinois Army ROTC Hall of Fame.
Mr. Vacketta is a fellow of the Section of Public Contract Law of the ABA and Editor-in-Chief emeritus of The Public Contracts Law Journal. He has taught Government Contracts Law as an adjunct professor at the Georgetown Law Center, and Introduction to Government Contracts at the College of Law.
Event is free, and open to the campus community.
"Building Access GRANTED" status in the Illinois app is required for attendees.