August 16, 1996 Industrial Training Corporation 13515 Dulles Technology Drive Herndon, Virginia 22071 Ladies and Gentlemen: You have requested our opinion as counsel to Industrial Training Corporation, a corporation organized under the laws of Maryland with its headquarters located in Herndon, Virginia ("Company"), in connection with the offering by the Company to the public of 1,207,500 shares of the Company's common stock, $0.10 par value ("Shares"). We have participated in the preparation of a registration statement on Form SB-2 ("Registration Statement") and the prospectus included therein ("Prospectus") relating to the Company's issuance of shares, and in connection therewith, have examined and relied upon the originals or copies of such records, agreements, documents and other instruments, the Articles of Incorporation of the Company, as amended ("Articles"), the Bylaws of the Company, the minutes of the meetings of the board of directors of the Company to date relating to the authorization and issuance of the Shares and have made such inquiries of such officers and representatives as we have deemed relevant and necessary as the basis for the opinion hereinafter set forth. In such examination, we have assumed, without independent verification, the genuineness of all signatures (whether original or photostatic), the legal capacity of natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, and the conformity to authentic original documents of all documents submitted to us as certified or photostatic copies. We have assumed, without independent verification, the accuracy of the relevant facts stated therein. As to any other facts material to the opinion expressed herein that were not independently established or verified, we have relied upon statements and representations of officers and employees of the Company. Based upon the foregoing and subject to the qualifications set forth below, we are of the opinion that, on the basis of such examination, the Company has been duly organized and is validly existing under the laws of Virginia and that the Company has authority to issue up to 4,000,000 Shares, each having $0.10 par value. It also is our opinion that the Shares referred to in the Registration Statement, when issued and sold as contemplated in the Registration Statement, will be legally issued, fully paid and non-assessable and no personal liability will attach to the ownership of such Shares. We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and we consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Legal Opinions" in the Prospectus. The foregoing opinion is being furnished to, and is solely for the benefit of, the addressee named above and except with our prior consent, is not to be used, circulated, quoted, published or otherwise referred to or disseminated for any other purpose or relied upon by any person or entity other than said addressee. Very truly yours, KIRKPATRICK & LOCKHART LLP By:_______________________ Thomas F. Cooney, III