EXHIBIT 5.1

                  [LETTERHEAD OF FULBRIGHT & JAWORSKI L.L.P.]

October 5, 2001

TMP Worldwide Inc.
622 Third Avenue
New York, New York 10017

Re:    TMP Worldwide Inc. Registration Statement on Form S-3

Dear Sirs:

    In connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the "Registration
Statement") to be filed by TMP Worldwide, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to the resale
by certain stockholders of the Company of up to an aggregate of
2,827,140 shares (the "Shares") of Common Stock, par value $.001 per share, of
the Company, we as counsel for the Company, have examined such corporate
records, other documents and questions of law as we have deemed necessary or
appropriate for the purposes of this opinion.

    Upon the basis of such examination, we advise you that in our opinion the
Shares have been duly and validly authorized, legally issued, fully paid and
non-assessable.

    We consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration
Statement, and to the reference to this firm under the caption "Legal Opinion"
in the Prospectus contained therein and elsewhere in the Registration Statement
and Prospectus. This consent is not to be construed as an admission that we are
a party whose consent is required to be filed with the Registration Statement
under the provision of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

                                          Very truly yours,
                                          /s/ Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.