Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership (3)

FORM 3	UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0104 Estimated average burden hours per response... 0.5
	Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

Sletten Joshua J

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (MM/DD/YYYY) 6/14/2023

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

LAKELAND INDUSTRIES INC [LAKE]

(Last) (First) (Middle)

1525 PERIMETER PARKWAY, SUITE 325

4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)

_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
___X___ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
VP Corp Development & Strategy /

(Street)

HUNTSVILLE, AL 35806

(City) (State) (Zip)

5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(MM/DD/YYYY)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)

_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share	15973 ⁽¹⁾	D

*Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)*
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (MM/DD/YYYY)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 4)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security		6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)

Explanation of Responses:
(1)	See Remarks for footnote.

Remarks:
Includes (i) 1,777 shares held directly by the Reporting Person; (ii) 537 time-based Restricted Stock Units ("RSUs"), each of which represents a contingent right to receive one share of the Issuer's common stock, which will vest on January 31, 2024, provided that the Reporting Person remains in continuous service through such vesting date; (iii) 1,245 time-based RSUs, each of which represents a contingent right to receive one share of the Issuer's common stock, which will vest in installments of 622 RSUs on January 31, 2024 and 623 RSUs on January 31, 2025, provided that the Reporting Person remains in continuous service through each such vesting date; (iv) 2,414 time-based RSUs, each of which represents a contingent right to receive one share of the Issuer's common stock, which will vest in installments of 804 RSUs on April 6, 2024, 805 RSUs on January 31, 2025 and 805 RSUs on January 31, 2026, provided that the Reporting Person remains in continuous service through each such vesting date; and (v) 10,000 shares of restricted stock subject to time-based vesting, all of which will vest on April 6, 2026, provided that the Reporting Person remains in continuous service through such vesting date.

Reporting Owners
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Sletten Joshua J 1525 PERIMETER PARKWAY SUITE 325 HUNTSVILLE, AL 35806			VP Corp Development & Strategy

Signatures
/s/ Roger D. Shannon, Attorney-in-Fact		6/23/2023
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
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