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Exhibit 5.1
August 17, 2000
Juniper Networks, Inc.
1194 North Mathilda Avenue
Sunnyvale, CA 94089
Re: Registration Statement on Form S-8
Ladies and Gentlemen:
With reference to the registration statement that Juniper Networks, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the "Company") proposes to file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, registering an
aggregate of 12,000,000 shares of its common stock, $.00001 par value (the
"Shares") to be issued and sold pursuant to the 2000 Nonstatutory Stock Option
Plan (the "Plan"), I am of the opinion that:
1. The Plan has been duly adopted by the Company.
2. All proper corporate proceedings have been taken so that the Shares
have been duly authorized and, upon issuance and payment therefore in
accordance with the Plan and the resolutions of the board of directors
of the Company relating to the adoption of the Plan and the offering
and sale of the Shares thereunder, will be legally issued, fully paid
and nonassessable.
I hereby consent to the filing of this opinion with the Securities and
Exchange Commission in connection with the registration statement referred to
above. This opinion is limited to the laws of the State of Delaware and the
federal law of the United States of America.
Very truly yours,
/s/ LISA C. BERRY
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Lisa C. Berry
Vice Pesident, General Counsel and Secretary
