EXHIBIT 5.1



                                 August 7, 2001



Nexland, Inc.
1101 Brickell Avenue
North Tower, Suite 200
Miami, FL  33131


               RE:    REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-1, AS AMENDED (THE
                      "REGISTRATION STATEMENT")

Gentlemen:

               We have acted as counsel to Nexland, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(the "CORPORATION"),  in connection with the preparation of the above-referenced
Registration  Statement  as filed on Form S-1 with the  Securities  and Exchange
Commission  pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 ACT").
The  Registration  Statement  relates  to  the  offering  and  sale  by  selling
shareholders of the Corporation of up to 13,673,814  shares of the Corporation's
common  stock,  par  value  $0.0001  per  share  (the  "COMMON  STOCK").  We are
furnishing  this opinion to you in accordance  with Item 601 of  Regulation  S-K
promulgated under the 1933 Act.

               We are  familiar  with the  Registration  Statement,  and we have
examined the Corporation's  Articles of  Incorporation,  as amended to date, the
Corporation's  Bylaws,  as amended to date,  and minutes and  resolutions of the
Corporation's  Board of Directors and  shareholders.  We have also examined such
other  documents,  certificates,  instruments  and corporate  records,  and such
statutes,  decisions  and  questions  of  law as we  have  deemed  necessary  or
appropriate for the purpose of this opinion.

               Based  upon  the  foregoing,  we  are  of the  opinion  that  the
13,673,814   shares  of  Common  Stock  proposed  to  be  sold  by  the  selling
shareholders of the Corporation as  contemplated by the  Registration  Statement
will be legally and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

               We consent to the  filing of this  opinion as Exhibit  5.1 to the
Registration Statement.

                                            Very truly yours,

                                            KIRKPATRICK & LOCKHART LLP

                                            /s/ KIRKPATRICK & LOCKHART LLP