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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
July 31, 2000
As counsel for Wanger Advisors Trust (the "Registrant"), we consent to
the incorporation by reference of our opinion for the Registrant's series
designated Wanger U.S. Small Cap and Wanger International Small Cap dated April
27, 1998, filed with the Registrant's registration statement on Form N-1A on
April 29, 1998, and our opinion for the Registrant's series designated Wanger
Twenty and Wanger Foreign Forty dated September 30, 1998, filed with the
Registrant's registration statement on Form N-1A on September 30, 1998
(Securities Act file no. 33-83548).
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
