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GILLIS, LAURENCE (JOSEPH)

Gillis is an American educator. He has been employed as a Professor of Legal Studies (adjunct, online) by the University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC, formerly "University of Maryland University College") since 2000. He was previously employed by Kaplan University in the same rank. Prior to that, he was employed as a legal studies adjunct instructor by Hesser College (NH); McIntosh College (NH); Rivier College (NH); and the University of New Hampshire.

He practiced mostly criminal law either as a solo practitioner or as a partner in small law firms in seacoast New Hampshire (1972-2003). He served as the Concord (NH) City Prosecutor (1980-82) and a term as an At-Large member of the Board of Governors of the New Hampshire Bar Association (1993-1996). Toward the end of of his courtroom career, Gillis served as an Assistant Strafford County Attorney (NH) and as trial counsel for the New Hampshire Division for Children, Youth and Families (NH DCYF).

He was elected as a State Representative from the Hampton/Hampton Falls district (1974-1976) and served as chair of the House Appropriations subcommittee on Justice. He was also appointed a member of the Committee of Conference on the NH State Budget.

Gillis is a graduate of Phillips Academy (Andover), Harvard University (A.B. degree) and Boston University School of Law (LL.B. degree)

Gillis moved to the Fort Myers (FL) area in 2008. He has served as Regional Representative and then as Director-at-Large of the Libertarian Party of Florida. He was elected a Delegate to the Libertarian National Convention (Austin TX, May 2020)

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