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Exhibit 5
Exhibit 23(a)

                                                            September 17, 1996

Computer Task Group, Incorporated
800 Delaware Avenue
Buffalo, New York   14209

Dear Sirs:

         You have requested an opinion of counsel in connection with the
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") of Computer
Task Group, Incorporated (the "Company") to be filed on or about August, 1996
with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Act") with respect to 750,000 shares (the "Shares") of the
Company's common stock, $.01 par value, to be issued under the Computer Task
Group, Incorporated 1991 Stock Option Plan (the "Plan").

         I have examined the originals or photostatic or certified copies of
such records and certificates of the Company, such certificates of public
officials and of officers of the Company and such other documents as I have
deemed relevant. In such examination I have assumed the genuineness of all
signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to me as originals, the
conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to me as certified
or photostatic copies, and the authenticity of the originals of such copies. I
have also assumed the accuracy and completeness of statements of fact contained
in such documents. I do not express any opinion concerning any law other than
the law of the State of New York and the federal law of the United States of
America.

         Based upon and subject to the foregoing, I am of the opinion that the
Shares have been duly authorized and, when issued or purchased in accordance
with the terms of the Plan, will be legally issued, fully paid, and
nonassessable.

         I hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement. 
                                           Very truly yours,

                                           /s/ Joseph G. Makowski
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                                              Joseph G. Makowski
                                              Vice President and
                                              General Counsel