Certification of Executive Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel
            Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
             And Securities and Exchange Commission Release 34-46427

I, Christopher J. Ryan, Executive Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel
of Lakeland Industries, Inc., certify that:

1.   I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Lakeland Industries,
     Inc.

2.   Based on my knowledge, this quarterly report does not contain any untrue
     statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to
     make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such
     statements were made not misleading with respect to the period covered by
     the report;

3.   Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
     information included in this quarterly report fairly present in all
     material respects the financial condition, result of operations and cash
     flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this
     quarterly report;

4.   The registrant's other certifying officers and I are responsible for
     establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined
     in Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14) for the registrant and we have:

     a.   designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that
          material information relating to the registrant, including its
          consolidated subsidiaries, is made know to us by others within those
          entities particularly during the period in which this quarterly report
          is being prepared;

     b.   evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls
          and procedures as of a date within 90 days prior filing date of this
          quarterly report (the "Evaluation Date"); and

     c.   presented in this quarterly report our conclusions about the
          effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based on our
          evaluation as of the Evaluation Date;

5.   The registrant's other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on
     our most recent evaluation, to the registrant's auditors and the audit
     committee of registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the
     equivalent function):

     a.   all significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal
          controls which could adversely affect the registrar's ability to
          record process, summarize and report financial data and have
          identified for the registrant's auditors and material weaknesses in
          internal controls; and

     b.   any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other
          employees who have a significant role in registrant's internal
          controls; and

The registrant's other certifying officers and I have indicated in this
quarterly report whether or not there were significant changes in internal
controls or in other factors that could significantly affect internal controls
subsequent to the date of our most recent evaluation, including any corrective
actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.



Date:    December 12,2003                /s/Christopher J. Ryan
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                                         Christopher J. Ryan
                                         Executive Vice President, Secretary and
                                         General Counsel




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