McDermott, Will & Emery
                       227 West Monroe Street, Suite 3100
                          Chicago, Illinois 60606-5096
                                  312-372-2000

                                                               December 28, 2001

Board of Directors
Apropos Technology, Inc.
One Tower Lane, 28th Floor
Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois 60181

         Re:      Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement
                  on Form S-8; 2,400,000 Common Shares to be issued pursuant to
                  Apropos Technology, Inc. 2000 Omnibus Incentive Plan and the
                  related stock options

Gentlemen:

         You have requested our opinion in connection with the above-referenced
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the
"Registration Statement") of Apropos Technology, Inc. (the "Company"), to be
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, to register 2,400,000 Common Shares of the Company, $.01 par
value (the "Common Shares"),which may be issued pursuant to the 2000 Omnibus
Incentive Plan (the "Plan") and the related stock options.

         We have examined or considered:

                  1.       A copy of the Company's Amended and Restated Articles
                           of Incorporation.

                  2.       The By-Laws of the Company.

                  3.       Copies of resolutions duly adopted by the Board of
                           Directors.

                  4.       A copy of the Plan.

         In addition to the examination outlined above, we have conferred with
various officers of the Company and have ascertained or verified, to our
satisfaction, such additional facts as we deemed necessary or appropriate for
the purposes of this opinion. In our examination, we have assumed the
authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to
the original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies, the
genuineness of all signatures on documents reviewed by us and the legal capacity
of natural persons.

         Based on the foregoing, we are of the opinion that all corporate
proceedings necessary for the authorization, issuance and delivery of the Common
Shares under the Plan has been duly taken and upon acquisition pursuant to the
terms of the Plan, the Common Shares and the related stock options will be
validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. Members of our firm are admitted



to the practice of law in the State of Illinois and we express no opinion as to
the laws of any jurisdiction other than the laws of the State of Illinois and
the laws of the United Stated of America. This opinion is furnished to you
solely for your benefit in connection with the filing of the Registration
Statement and is not to be used, circulated, quoted or otherwise referred to for
any other purpose without our prior written consent. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, we hereby consent to the references to our firm in the Registration
Statement and to the filing of this opinion by the Company as an Exhibit to the
Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not hereby admit that we
come within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the rules and regulations of the
Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder.


                           /s/ McDERMOTT, WILL & EMERY