Professor Emeritus Alain A. Levasseur received the 2017 John A. “T-Jean” Hernandez III Memorial Award for the Perpetuation and Enhancement of the Francophone Legal Tradition. The plaque was given to him by Warren A. Perrin, Chair of the Francophone Section of the Louisiana State Bar Association.
The Award recognizes the immense work of Professor Levasseur, and to name but a few, the publication of the Dictionary of the Civil Code (2014), and his authoring Deciphering a Civil Code (2015).
