He was a member of the Supreme Court's Standing Committee on Federal Rules and Procedures[1] for 23 years[citation needed], directed a 1961 study of criminal justice administration for the American Bar Foundation and headed an American Bar Association project to develop standards for the police.

He attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison, interrupting his undergraduate studies for World War II service as C-47 pilot, for which he received the Distinguished Flying Cross.

He then participated in the development of the American Law Institute's Model Penal Code, and was subsequently director of the American Bar Foundation 1961 study on improving the day-to-day administration of the criminal justice system outside the courtroom.

Remington was for many years Wisconsin's faculty representative to the Big Ten and the National Collegiate Athletic Association, and was a member of the N.C.A.A.

to abandon football altogether for the 1987 season, and revive the sport only under severe restrictions.