Posts by: dlinhart

Losing ownership by inaction

My toddler is good at pretending. This afternoon he kept the endless laps around our toy train track interesting by declaring things we would visit on the next lap. It was hard to recreate “Target” where we went to “buy” more toy trains, but when he said “zoo” I knew I could humor him with […]

Encouragement of small beginnings

This week is off to a good start—in part because I’m slightly ahead in reading for classes, but mostly because I have new hope for institutional goodwill (and I need periodic fresh doses). The US is actually supporting international debt cancellation for Haiti in the aftermath of the earthquake, including the conversion of emergency aid […]

Making life better for ourselves

If you caught my last post about desktop images, I’ve got a new one—Haiti before the earthquake. There are several initiatives at BU Law emerging in support of Haiti—a student government-sponsored candlelight vigil, Haiti in focus during the annual Diversity Month, information from the Dean’s office detailing ways to stayed informed and contribute. I appreciate […]

Desktop inspiration

Yesterday I began this post in the passenger’s seat of my Honda CR-V while my wife scooted us out of Boston just a bit above the speed limit on I-90 West. Before we return we’ll have checked in with her family (this year west of Hartford, CT) and my family (this year in Philadelphia, PA) […]

Fighting the good fight during exams

Yesterday after Professor Caruso’s contracts exam, I watched a string of trailers on my laptop. Typically that activity is reserved for “movie nights” with my wife after we’ve settled our little man to sleep, unless we go for old Office episodes, but as study breaks go I needed the head clearing. We cover a lot […]

Thinking like a lawyer about my toddler

At some point in the course of a law student’s first year, so I hear, the immersion experience defines a point of no return where, quietly and suddenly, you notice that you think like a lawyer. This mode of thought is variously understood as forcefully arguing two sides of every issue while holding either side […]

Good music and fairness out of the ether

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 […]

Looking for leverage in all the right places

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 […]

Learning about lobbying and justice nominations over lunch

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…). […]