VAN KAMPEN PACE FUND, 485BPOS, EX-99.(I)(2), 2000-10-25

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485BPOS, EX-99.(I)(2), 2000-10-25

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                                                                  EXHIBIT (i)(2)

        [Letterhead of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (Illinois)]


                                October 25, 2000


Van Kampen Pace Fund
1 Parkview Plaza
P.O. Box 5555
Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois 60181-5555


                    Re:  Post-Effective Amendment No. 51 to the
                         Registration Statement on Form N-1A
                         for the Van Kampen Pace Fund
                         (the "Registration Statement")
                         (File Nos. 2-31417 and 811-1792)


     We hereby consent to the reference to our firm under the heading "Legal
Counsel" in the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not
hereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required
under Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder.

                                   Very truly yours,

                               /s/ Skadden, Arps, Slate,
                                   Meagher & Flom (Illinois)