Ep. 258: Surviving Georgetown Law with Michael Bongiorno

Thinking LSAT

Nathan Fox and Ben Olson

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4.8 • 868 Ratings

🗓️ 10 August 2020

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Ben sits down with a former student, circuit-court clerk, and recent Georgetown Law School grad, Michael Bongiorno for a wide-ranging interview. Michael shares what his law school experience was like and talks about studying for the Bar in the midst of a pandemic. The two go in-depth about the importance of picking the right law school, finding the right teachers, and performing well in your 1L year. They also discuss how to think about transferring, competing with your fellow students, and how to succeed even if your grades suffer in your 1L year. Read more on our website!

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to episode 258 of the Thinking Elsap podcast in Vienna, Virginia. This is Ben Olson. With me today is Mike
0:16.9	Dinger. Bojerno. Bogener. Bonjorno. Now you got me all next stuff because I'm thinking about the pizza.
0:24.0	But jit? Yeah, okay, well I just can't do this at all.
0:27.6	Anyways, Mike, you're in Delaware. Yes. Where in Delaware?
0:31.6	We're at Rehoboth Beach.
0:34.3	Oh, okay.
0:34.9	Yeah, Rehoboth is great.
0:36.4	Although they just had a hurricane.
0:41.2	Wow, hurricane.
0:41.6	A hurricane.
0:43.0	Oh, okay.
0:44.0	And a spike in COVID cases, right?
0:48.0	That I don't know about.
0:50.0	So we had rented this house.
0:52.0	You're like, I don't know about about that so you don't have any like reservations
0:56.1	You're good. Well, I think we're you know I've been now in lockdown with the kids for four five months and they haven't been in school
1:06.4	Yeah, we have three kids so okay. It was time to get out
1:10.4	But you know, we're taking all the precautions wearing the masks staying six feet apart. We're just going to the beaches so
1:16.0	Cool. Yeah, I was just up in Lewis Beach, which is like 30 minutes or 20 minutes north of there I think
1:22.3	But anyway cool. I'm glad you're on the show or 20 minutes north of there I think.
1:22.7	But anyway, cool, I'm glad you're on the show.
1:24.9	For everyone who does not know Mike,
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