EXHIBIT 5.0

                               November 30, 1998

Hall, Kinion & Associates, Inc.
19925 Stevens Creek Boulevard
Cupertino, CA 95014

          Re:  Hall, Kinion & Associates, Inc. Registration Statement on
               Form S-8 for Offering of 406,041 Shares of Common Stock

Ladies and Gentlemen:


          We refer to your registration on Form S-8 (the "Registration
Statement") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of (i) 270,694 shares
of Common Stock under the 1997 Stock Option Plan and (ii) 135,347 shares of
Common Stock under the IT Professional Stock Plan.  We advise you that, in our
opinion, when such shares have been issued and sold pursuant to the applicable
provisions of the 1997 Stock Option Plan and the IT Professional Stock Plan and
in accordance with the Registration Statement such shares will be validly
issued, fully paid and nonassessable shares of the Company's Common Stock.

          We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement.


                               Very truly yours,

 
                               /s/ Gunderson Dettmer Stough
                               Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP