DRESS CODE COMPLIANCE AMONG UNDERGRADUATES IN THE FACULTY OF LAW, OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY, ILE IFE

Abstract

This study is meant to investigate the extent at which the undergraduates
in the faculty of Law Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) comply with the
university approved dress code. It is meant to investigate the position of the
school authority in ensuring that the dress code is adhered unto by the
students in the legal training. A total of 200 students that were randomly
selected across the class levels in the Faculty of Law, Obafemi Awolowo
University constituted the sample for the study. A self designed questionnaire entitled “Law Students and Dress (LSDC)” was used to collect data
for the study. The two hypotheses raised and tested using t-test statistics
were accepted in their null form. Findings from the study indicated that
both the male and female Law undergraduates manifested the same attitude to dress code. Also revealed by the study was that the law students
were not different in their compliance levels despite the differences in the
class levels. It was finally recommended that the university management,
particularly the authorities of the Faculty of Law should emphasise more on
the necessity to comply by introducing some “hard to bear consequences”.