Posts by: dlinhart

Good music and fairness out of the ether

November 13, 2009 at 1:10 am

I had my first conversation with the woman who is now my wife while serving her hot chocolate with soymilk and no whip cream at a coffee shop during my leave of absence from a Masters in bioengineering. I told her my career track was to be a rockstar, then she laughed, then I said [...]

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Looking for leverage in all the right places

November 2, 2009 at 10:50 pm

Law school is working! I mean that in the sense of a personal reflection on reasons why I came to law school. I’ve cornered several professors with questions about leverage: how can I use a legal education to shift political will and inform policy choices? Apparently there is an answer somewhere on the other side [...]

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Learning about lobbying and justice nominations over lunch

October 16, 2009 at 1:35 pm

I’m getting out of the habit of working on Civil Procedure in the 12:45-2:30pm window before class because I’m sold on lunchtime talks in Barristers Hall with faculty and visiting professors (and in case Professor Farnsworth is reading this post, let me disclaim that that’s not the ONLY time I’ve been working on your homework…). [...]

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