VAN KAMPEN EQUITY TRUST, 485BPOS, EX-99.(I)(2), 2000-07-27

VAN KAMPEN EQUITY TRUST
485BPOS, EX-99.(I)(2), 2000-07-27

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                                                                   EXHIBIT(i)(2)

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

                                 July 26, 2000

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

                    Re:  Post-Effective Amendment No. 38 to the
                         Registration Statement on Form N-1A for the
                         Van Kampen Equity Trust
                         (the "Registration Statement")
                         (File Nos. 33-8122 and 811-4805
                         -------------------------------

     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)