Godwin holds a Master of Laws degree from the Harvard Law School. He graduated from the University of Ghana with a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Bachelor of Laws degree. He also holds a Qualifying Certificate in Law from the Ghana School of Law, and is admitted to law practice in Ghana. He is a lecturer at the Faculty of Law, Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) where he teaches Public International Law and Administrative Law. He was a Visiting Research Scholar at the Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University, and a Visiting Fellow at the Division of Ocean Affairs and Law of the Sea, Office of Legal Affairs, United Nations Secretariat, New York. His principal research interests focus on constitutional and administrative law, public international law, and environmental law and policy.