Prof. Bondzi-Simpson to address inaugural Mfantsipim Lectures
Professor Philip Ebow Bondzi-Simpson, a Professor of Law and Founding Dean of the Faculty of Law of the University of Cape Coast, will today, deliver the inaugural address of the Mfantsipim Annual DWEN HWE KAN Lectures with the theme: “Dwen hwe kan, Mfantsipim Creed For Leadership In Africa”.
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The annual Dwen hwe kan Lectures have been instituted by the School to provide a platform for renowned Old Boys of the School to ruminate through topical national and global issues that relate to leadership, patriotism, governance, development, volunteerism, nationalism, community and public service, loyalty and allegiance within the context of Mfantsipim values, creed and philosophy as defined by the founding members.
Today’s lecture is the first part of this year’s maiden lectures and will be held at the Mfantsipim School Quadrangle, on the topic: Nation-building and national interest: The values factor”.
According to the Headmaster of the school Mr. J. K. A. Simpson, the second part of the lectures will take place at the British Council Hall, Accra on Wednesday, May 27, 2015, on the topic “Nation-building and national interest: A regime for determining public-sector compensation”.
He said the annual lectures are an integral part of the Mfantsipim Flag Month celebrations which started from Wednesday, April 22, and are expected to end on Monday, June 1, 2015, during which all current students and old boys of the school are expected to fly the flag, which embodies the school’s virtues, heritage, traditions and values to serve as a constant reminder for themselves, the nation and humanity.
Old Boys and students of Mfantsipim and other stakeholders including the parent-teacher association and families of the founder members are invited to attend the lecture in both Accra and Cape Coast.
Prof. Bondzi-Simpson is a member of the Board of Directors, Judicial Training Institute, Judicial Service of the Republic of Ghana; Chairman, Continuing Legal Education and Professional Development Committee, Ghana Bar Association; and a former lecturer at Ghana School of Law/Board of Legal Education of the General Legal Council of the Republic of Ghana. Apart from various visiting and adjunct lectureship positions in Ghana and abroad, he is a former Dean of Business at the University of Cape Coast.
He attended Mfantsipim between 1973 and 1978 where he obtained his GCE O’ Level certificate. He was part of the pioneer Health Sciences Class, and got the first prize for that subject in November 1977. He proceeded to St. John’s School, Sekondi for his sixth form and from there to the University of Ghana. At the University of Ghana, he served as the President of the Old Boys Association.
Between 2008 and 2014, he was the President of the Central Regional Branch of MOBA. He was privileged to have been nominated by his classmates to be the Guest Speaker for the 2008 Speech and Prize-Giving Day ceremony.
Prof. Bondzi-Simpson obtained a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) Degree from the University of Ghana, Legon in 1984, where he had been since 1980. He continued to the Ghana School of Law between 1984 and 1986. Prof. Bondzi-Simpson further pursued a Master of Laws (LLM) degree in Saskatchewan, Canada from 1986 to 87.
Between 1987 and 1990, he studied at the University of Toronto where he obtained the Doctor of Juridical Sciences degree (SJD). In 2011, he obtained a Postgraduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) from the University of Cape Coast.