Richard W. Parker was a brilliant lawyer, an accomplished teacher and scholar, and a valued member of the administrative law community. He cared deeply about people—foremost his family, about whom he spoke lovingly, and about all others with whom he interacted. Richard’s concern for others is reflected well in the remembrances that have been assembled […]

Last October, the UConn Law community was rocked by the loss of Richard Parker. I want to thank the Yale Journal on Regulation for establishing this series, collecting these remembrances, and inviting me to participate. In the classroom, Richard was a well-liked and effective teacher; among the faculty, he was a brilliant scholar and a […]

I had the privilege to meet Richard Parker in the early days of the negotiations of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), possibly the most ambitious, though ultimately aborted, “new generation” trade agreement between the United States and the European Union. While this was only the start of our friendship, it laid the groundwork […]

I’m honored to participate in this symposium on the legacy of Richard Parker. Richard’s academic reputation is well justified. Unfortunately, I never got to know Richard, but I respected him. After his untimely passing, however, I learned something that I didn’t know before: Richard was a doer — not just a scholar — of administrative […]

I met Richard Parker at a meeting of the American Bar Association Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice, when Richard made a presentation to the Section on cost-benefit analysis, a critical part of the rulemaking process. The presentation was well received, and he found many new friends in the audience who appreciated his experience […]

I kick myself now. Had I understood the imminence of the deadline, maybe I could have concocted a way to cross paths with him sooner. But as things played out, I remained a distant admirer of Richard Parker for close to two decades and only got to experience his wit and charms in person during […]

I was shocked and truly saddened to learn that our colleague Richard W. Parker has passed away last fall.  The American Bar Association’s Section on Administrative and Regulatory Law is so robust and so highly regarded in part because of members like Richard.  One indicia of the regard the Section had for Richard is obvious, […]

Editors’ Note: This post was originally published on October 11, 2021, but is reposted here as part of our series remembering Richard Parker. I am so deeply saddened to report that Professor Richard Parker from the University of Connecticut Law School passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, October 3, 2021. Like many, I first met Richard Parker at the […]

Richard Parker was a passionate scholar, a dedicated teacher and a longstanding, loyal member of the Section. He was also my closest friend among the dozens of people I’ve gotten to know through the Section, a connection forged when we met at the first Section meeting either of us had ever attended, 20 years ago […]

On November 20, 2021, the governing council of the American Bar Association’s Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice approved the following resolution: WHEREAS our friend and colleague Richard Watson Parker, Professor of Law at the University of Connecticut School of Law, passed away on October 3, 2021; WHEREAS Richard was a dear colleague and […]

Last October, the field of administrative law and the ABA Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice lost a dear friend and leader when University of Connecticut Law Professor Richard Parker passed away unexpectedly. Over the next couple weeks here on the Notice and Comment blog, we will publish a number of short posts remembering […]