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Exhibit (i)
The Lutheran Brotherhood Family of Funds
625 Fourth Avenue South
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415
October 27, 2000
The Lutheran Brotherhood Family of Funds
625 Fourth Avenue South
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415
Ladies and Gentlemen:
As counsel to the Lutheran Brotherhood Family of Funds, a business trust
organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Trust"), I have been
asked to render an opinion in connection with Post-Effective Amendment No.
70 under the Securities Act of 1933 to the Registration Statement on Form N-
1A (Securities Act File No. 2-25984) to be filed by the Trust with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (as amended, the "Registration
Statement").
I wish to advise you that I have examined such documents and questions of
law as I have deemed necessary for purposes of this opinion. Based upon the
foregoing, I am of the opinion that:
1. The Trust has been duly organized and is validly existing pursuant to
the laws of the State of Delaware;
2. In its pre-effective Registration Statement, the Trust elected to
register an indefinite number of shares pursuant to the provision of Rule
24f-2; and
3. The shares of beneficial interest of the Funds which are described in
the foregoing Registration Statement will, when sold in accordance with the
terms of the Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information in effect at
the time of the sale, be legally issued, fully paid and non-assessable by
the Trust.
I consent to this opinion being filed as an exhibit to the foregoing
Registration Statement.
Sincerely,
/s/ John C. Bjork
John C. Bjork
Counsel and Assistant Secretary
