Dress Code Guidelines

From Mondays through Fridays, the attire must be strictly corporate and business-alike.

Male Law Students

  • Barong Tagalog
  • Polo barong
  • Long sleeves polo with tie
  • Suits
  • Slacks
  • Leather shoes with dress socks

Prohibited:

Rolled-up Long Sleeves Polo/Barong

  • Informal-looking pants, or those made of denim, suede, corduroy, leather, and the like;
  • Cropped pants; and
  • T-Shirts, Polo Shirts and/or Jackets of Organizations/Fraternities/Sororities formed in other law schools;

Any attire inconsistent with above

B. Female Law Students

Formal Corporate Blazer (real blazer fabric; not cotton. Knitted, denim, and the like) OVER:

  • Formal Dresses/tops
  • Formal Corporate Slacks/Skirts for bottom
  • Closed, formal-looking shoes, preferable with at least 1 inch heel

Prohibited:

  • NO Blazer
  • Informal blazers/cardigans/cotton cover ups and anything analogous to the foregoing which does not pass as a Formal Corporate Blazer as ordinarily and supposedly understood by a law student, which includes, but is not limited to, any of the following:
    • Cardigans
    • Cotton Cover ups/Sweaters
    • Trench Coats
    • Leather jackets/coats
    • Denim jackets/blazers
    • Blazers with cropped sleeves
    • Zipped-up jackets/blazers
    • Jackets/Sweaters
  • Denim or denim-looking skirts or pants
  • Cropped pants
  • Open-toe shoes, rubber shoes/sneakers, sandals, slippers, and informal looking footwear, unless for a valid reason and upon showing sufficient proof to support such claim, subject to the discretion of the Associate Dean for Academics and Discipline for a permanent or temporary relief, as the case may be.

For Saturdays and Sundays, the attire of the students may be relaxed, unless the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs & Discipline decides to the contrary. Although the following shall still be PRIHIBITED for both male and female law students:

  • Slippers, sandals
  • Sleeveless tops or dresses
  • Shorts
  • T-Shirts, Polo Shirts and/or Jackets of Organization/Fraternities/Sororities formed in other law schools