The paper examines the constitutionality or otherwise of Lawyers dress code in Nigeria, this has become necessary in view of the fact that the Nigerian Council of Legal Education in conjunction with the Nigerian body of Benchers, by virtue of Law School Code of Conduct Rule 29 (a), imposed mandatory regulation dress for aspirants to the noble profession. The rule made the regulation dress mandatory for both male and female while at law school and in other extra curricula activities; when called to the bar, and when attending Magistrate and all superior courts .However no penalty for non-compliance was stipulated .The paper attempts a comparative analysis of lawyers dress code in Nigeria and other countries like, England and United States and concludes by observing that the imposition of the mandatory dress code in Nigeria is an infraction of Nigerian Lawyers’ right to freedom of expression under section 33 of the Nigerian 1999 Constitution. The paper further makes a case for the abolition of the mandatory dress code in Nigeria on the ground that it was time Nigeria did away with these outdated colonial relics as it is not the dress that makes the lawyer.

The paper examines the constitutionality or otherwise of Lawyers dress code in Nigeria, this has become necessary in view of the fact that the Nigerian Council of Legal Education in conjunction with the Nigerian body of Benchers, by virtue of Law School Code of Conduct Rule 29 (a), imposed mandat...