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

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