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Exhibit 23(j)
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CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
We consent to the reference to our firm under the captions "Financial
Highlights" in the Prospectus and "Independent Auditors" and "Financial
Statements" in the Statement of Additional Information and to the use of our
report dated July 25, 2000, in this Post-Effective Amendment Number 6 to the
Registration Statement (Form N-1A)(No. 333-44423) of LM Institutional Fund
Advisors II, Inc.
We also consent to the incorporation by reference therein of our report dated
May 3, 2000 included in the 2000 Annual Report to shareholders of LM Value
Institutional Portfolio and Batterymarch U.S. Small Capitalization Equity
Portfolio.
ERNST & YOUNG LLP
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
July 25, 2000
