Gladys Gondwe

Gondwe was born in 1984. She graduated in law in 2008 from the University of Malawi.^[1]

In 2019, five judges overturned the result of the 2019 Malawian general election. They decided that fresh elections were required.^[2]

In 2021 the Chatham House Prize was presented to five members of the Malawian judiciary who had overturned the 2019 national election. The presentation was delayed for a year by the COVID-19 pandemic and exceptionally the award was made in Malawi. Gondwe as registrar was the Master of Ceremonies at the event.^[3]

She was awarded a Fulbright scholarship to study at Pepperdine University^[4] and in June 2025 she graduated with awards for being a top student. She was presented with a Master LLM degree in International Commercial Arbitration.

She became a High Court Judge with six others after they were appointed by the President in March 2022.^[5] She was succeeded as registrar by Kondwani Banda. In May she was posted to the High Court in Mzuzu to oversee their criminal cases.^[6]