from the University of Delaware in 1964, where he was initiated as a brother of the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity, and received his J.D.
When he was nominated, Wallace's career was as a New Jersey Superior Court Judge (Appellate Division), a position which he held since 1984.
According to The New York Times, Wallace was "a sound jurist and political moderate who was the court’s only African-American.
"[3] On May 3, 2010, Governor Chris Christie declined to re-nominate Justice Wallace, whose term expired on May 20, 2010.
He is the first Justice of the Supreme Court to be denied tenure in more than a half-century since the adoption of the 1947 State Constitution.