**Exhibit
        5 and 23.2**





July
        26,
        2007





Lakeland
        Industries, Inc.


701-7
        Koehler Avenue


Ronkonkoma,
        NY 11779





Ladies
        and Gentlemen:





I
        have
        acted as general counsel to Lakeland Industries, Inc., a Delaware corporation
        (the "Company"), in connection with the preparation of a Registration Statement
        on Form S-8 filed on the date hereof (the "Registration Statement") with
        the
        Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") under the Securities
        Act
        of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), in connection with the registration of an
        aggregate of 253,000 shares (the "Shares") of the common stock of the Company,
        par value $0.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), consisting of 253,000 shares
        to
        be issued as awards under the Company's 2006 Equity Incentive Plan (the
        "Plan").





In
        connection with the foregoing, we have examined the Registration Statement,
        the
        Plan, the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as amended,
        and
        the By-laws of the Company, as amended. We also have examined originals or
        copies, certified or otherwise identified to my satisfaction, of such corporate
        records, certificates and other documents and have made such investigations
        of
        law as I have deemed necessary or appropriate as a basis for the opinions
        expressed below.





As
        to
        questions of fact material to my opinions expressed herein, I have, when
        relevant facts were not independently established, relied upon certificates
        of,
        and information received from, the Company and/or representatives of the
        Company. I have made no independent investigation of the facts stated in
        such
        certificates or as to any information received from the Company and/or
        representatives of the Company and do not opine as to the accuracy of such
        factual matters. I also have relied, without investigation, upon certificates
        and other documents from, and conversations with, public
        officials.





In
        rendering the following opinions, I have assumed, without investigation,
        the
        authenticity of any document or other instrument submitted to me as an original,
        the conformity to the originals of any document or other instrument submitted
        to
        me as a copy, the genuineness of all signatures on such originals or copies,
        and
        the legal capacity of natural persons who executed any such document or
        instrument at the time of execution thereof.





I
        am
        licensed to practice law in the State of New York and I do not purport to
        be an
        expert on, or to express any opinion herein concerning, the laws of any other
        jurisdiction other than the laws of the State of New York, the federal law
        of
        the United States of America and the General Corporation Law of the State
        of
        Delaware.





Based
        upon and subject to the foregoing, and the other qualifications and limitations
        contained herein, and after (a) the Registration Statement has become effective
        under the Act and assuming that such effectiveness remains in effect throughout
        the period during which shares of Common Stock are issued pursuant to the
        Plans,
        (b) the shares of Common Stock issued or to be issued pursuant to the Plans
        have, if required, been duly qualified or registered, as the case may be,
        for
        sale under applicable state securities laws and all applicable securities
        laws
        are complied with, (c) all necessary action by the stockholders of the Company
        and the Board of Directors or a duly designated committee of the Board of
        Directors of the Company shall have been taken to duly authorize the Plan
        and
        the issuance of restricted stock or unrestricted stock, other purchase rights
        and shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Plan (the "Corporate Action"),
        and
        (d) restricted stock or unrestricted stock, other purchase rights and shares
        of
        Common Stock issued or to be issued pursuant to the Plan have been delivered
        pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of the relevant Plan and related
        agreements and instruments against payment of the consideration therefore
        (if
        any) in accordance with the terms of the relevant Corporate Action,
        the





Plan
        and
        related agreements and instruments, I am of the opinion that the Shares will
        be
        duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and
        non-assessable.





I
        hereby
        consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration
        Statement. In giving such consent, I do not thereby admit that I come within
        the
        category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act
        or the
        rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.





I
        further
        consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to applications to the
        securities commissioners of the various states of the United States, to the
        extent so required, in connection with the registration of the
        Shares.





This
        opinion is limited to the matters stated herein, and no opinion or belief
        is
        implied or may be inferred beyond the matters expressly stated herein. The
        opinions expressed herein are rendered as of the date hereof, and I disclaim
        any
        undertaking to advise you of changes in law or fact which may affect the
        continued correctness of any of our opinions as of a later
        date.


Very
                truly yours,
              
              /s/
                Christopher J. RyanChristopher
                J. Ryan
              General
                Counsel
              Lakeland
                Industries, Inc.