Exhibit 5.0

                       Ater Wynne Hewitt Dodson & Skerritt, LLP
                             222 SW Columbia, Suite 1800
                               Portland, Oregon  97201
                                 Phone (503) 226-1191
                                  Fax (503) 226-0079
                                           

                                     May 30, 1997


Board of Directors
Claremont Technology Group, Inc.
1600 N.W. Compton Drive
Suite 210
Beaverton, Oregon  97006

Gentlemen:

    In connection with the registration of 2,750,526 shares of common stock, no
par value (the "Common Stock"), of Claremont Technology Group, Inc., an Oregon
corporation (the "Company"), under the Registration Statement on Form S-8 to be
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 30, 1997, and the
proposed offer and sale of the Common Stock pursuant to the terms of the
Company's 1992 Stock Incentive Plan (the "1992 Plan"), we have examined such
corporate records, certificates of public officials and officers of the Company
and other documents as we have considered necessary or proper for the purpose of
this opinion.

    Based on the foregoing and having regard to legal issues which we deem
relevant, it is our opinion that the shares of Common Stock to be offered
pursuant to the 1992 Plan, when such shares have been delivered against payment
therefor as contemplated by the 1992 Plan, will be validly issued, fully paid
and non-assessable.

    We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the
above-mentioned registration statement.

                   Very truly yours,

                   /s/ Ater Wynne Hewitt Dodson & Skerritt, LLP

                   Ater Wynne Hewitt Dodson & Skerritt, LLP