Spencer May

Spencer MaySep 17, 2026

If you told this kid 22 years ago that he would fail the Arizona Bar Exam on his first try... You would have been dead wrong! Happy to announce that this lil' pumpkin (me, if that wasn't clear) passed the Arizona Bar Exam with a score high enough to practice in any UBE jurisdiction. I can't tell you exactly why, but "Lawyer" was my only answer to the question: "What do you want to be when you grow up?" Now, here I am (with a few procedural steps to go)! Words can never capture how grateful I am to the actual village of teachers, mentors, family and friends that has supported me in this pursuit.

Spencer MaySep 11, 2026

One week into my first job as a Law Clerk. Before I started, people kept asking: "𝘈𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥?" "𝘈𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥?" "𝘋𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘢𝘸?" My answer was always the same: 𝘕𝘰𝘱𝘦. Because I'd already done the work that made the fear irrelevant. Two things set my mind at ease before I ever walked in the door: 1. The People. I knew people who knew people before I applied. I asked around. I heard good things and then confirmed them myself once I met my now-colleagues. Beyond the formal interviews, I showed up to the networking events I knew my future employer would send people to, and introduced myself. Then I stayed visible: connected on LinkedIn, engaged with their posts, celebrated their wins. 2. The Program. This was the real draw. My firm runs a formal training program for first-years involving substantive casework and face time with clients starting day one. I have mentors who show up in person, invested in my growth from the start. I craved that structure. Now I'm growing inside it. Landing your first job won't erase the uncertainty on its own but the groundwork you lay months (maybe years) earlier will. Starting anything knew is a step into the dark. But you can make bring confidence into it by doing a little leg work in advance.

Spencer MaySep 14, 2026

The credit belongs to the man in the podcast arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood… I stepped into Tony Albrecht’s arena a few weeks back & the episode is live now. We talk about: 1. Networking Strategies that worked for me to build on LinkedIn and land legal jobs from it. 2. The "Back Door": The idea that your personal connections are the “back door" to jobs & are more effective than online application portals. 3. Faith: How my faith helps me be industrious. Apple: https://lnkd.in/gtKSqbRn Spotify: https://lnkd.in/gcdZgPSg Youtube: https://lnkd.in/gwywGrkp Cc: Tony Albrecht, CONTENDER & Teddy Roosevelt