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Trainee Solicitor
Sam graduated in 2019 from the University of Dundee with an LLB in Scots Law and continued at the university to complete his Diploma in Legal Practice in 2020.
Sam joined Gillespie Macandrew in 2022 as a trainee paralegal in the Residential Property team and qualified as an accredited paralegal in 2023. In 2025 Sam embarked on his legal traineeship, currently in his second seat within our Energy and Strategic Land team.
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