Retirement Gala Honoring Robert C. Holmes, Esq.

On Sunday July 2, 2023 over 100 guests attended the retirement celebration for Professor Robert C. Holmes recognizing his 50+ year career. The event, hosted by Professor Holmes’ wife, Lucy Holmes, was held at the Clubhouse at Galloping Hill.

The event recognized Professor Holmes’ most recent 26 years as a member of the faculty at Rutgers Law School, and highlighted his participation on numerous local, state, and national boards and commissions. At Rutgers Law School, Professor Holmes served as a distinguished clinical professor of Law. He was also the C. Clyde Ferguson scholar, deputy director of the overall Clinical Program, and founding director of the Community and Transactional Lawyering Clinic.

L-R: Marcella Parker; former UMDJNJ VP George Hampton; Retiree Robert Holmes; Mrs. Lucy Holmes; Former Rutgers Newark Law School Dean Holly Deutsch, Stuart Deutsch; Rutgers Bloustein School Assoc. Professor Dr. Patricia O’Brien-Richardson; and Larnie Richardson
Honoree Robert C. Holmes, Esq with his wife, Mrs. Lucy Holmes
Representing National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE) Mr. and Mrs. William and Jacqueline Oliver