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Exhibit i
BELL, BOYD & LLOYD LLC
Three First National Plaza
70 West Madison Street, Suite 3300
Chicago, Illinois 60602-4207
312 372 1121
Fax: 312 372 2098
September 12, 2000
As counsel for Acorn Investment Trust (the "Registrant"), we consent to the
incorporation by reference of our opinion for the Registrant's series designated
Acorn Fund, Acorn International and Acorn USA dated April 30, 1998, filed with
the Registrant's registration statement on Form N-1A on April 30, 1998, and our
opinion for the Registrant's series designated Acorn Twenty and Acorn Foreign
Forty dated June 2, 1998, filed with the Registrant's registration statement on
Form N-1A on June 3, 1998 (Securities Act file no. 2-34223).
In giving this consent we do not admit that we are in the category of
persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933.
/s/ Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLC
