Exhibit 5.1







                                  June 27, 2002


CompuCom Systems, Inc.
7171 Forest Lane
Dallas, Texas  75230

         Re:      Registration Statement on Form S-8

Ladies and Gentlemen:

         We have  acted  as  counsel  to  CompuCom  Systems,  Inc.,  a  Delaware
corporation  (the  "Corporation"),  in connection  with the  preparation  of the
Registration  Statement on Form S-8 (the  "Registration  Statement") to be filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on or about June 27, 2002, under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), relating to 2,000,000
shares of the common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Common  Stock"),  of
the Corporation that may be offered through the Corporation's Second Amended and
Restated Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "Plan").

         You have  requested  the  opinion of this firm with  respect to certain
legal  aspects  of the  proposed  offering.  In  connection  therewith,  we have
examined and relied upon the original, or copies identified to our satisfaction,
of  (i)  the  Restated  Certificate  of  Incorporation  and  the  Bylaws  of the
Corporation,  as amended;  (ii) minutes and records of the corporate proceedings
of  the  Corporation  with  respect  to  the  establishment  of  the  Plan,  the
reservation of 2,000,000  shares of Common Stock to be issued under the Plan and
to which the Registration  Statement  relates,  the issuance of shares of Common
Stock pursuant to the Plan and related matters; (iii) the Registration Statement
and exhibits  thereto,  including  the Plan;  and (iv) such other  documents and
instruments  as we have deemed  necessary  for the  expression  of the  opinions
herein  contained.  In making the  foregoing  examinations,  we have assumed the
genuineness of all signatures and the authenticity of all documents submitted to
us as  originals,  and the  conformity  to original  documents of all  documents
submitted to us as certified or photostatic  copies.  As to various questions of
fact  material to this  opinion,  and as to the content and form of the Restated
Certificate of  Incorporation,  the Bylaws,  minutes,  records,  resolutions and
other documents or writings of the Corporation, we have relied, to the extent we
deem reasonably appropriate, upon representations or certificates of officers or
directors  of the  Corporation  and  upon  documents,  records  and  instruments
furnished to us by the Corporation, without independent check or verification of
their accuracy.








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         Based  upon our  examination,  consideration  of, and  reliance  on the
documents and other matters  described  above, and assuming that: (i) the shares
to be sold in the future  through the Plan are all in accordance  with the terms
of the Plan, (ii) the shares of Common Stock to be issued in the future are duly
issued in accordance with the terms of the Plan, (iii) the Corporation maintains
an adequate  number of authorized but unissued  shares and/or treasury shares of
Common Stock available for issuance to those persons who purchase shares through
the Plan, and (iv) the  consideration for shares of Common Stock issued pursuant
to the Plan is actually  received by the Corporation as provided in the Plan and
exceeds the par value of such shares, then we are of the opinion that the shares
of Common Stock issued or sold in accordance  with the terms of the Plan will be
duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

         The opinions  expressed herein are specifically  limited to the laws of
the State of Delaware and the Federal laws of the United  States of America.  We
hereby  consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the  Registration
Statement  and to  references  to our  firm  included  in or  made a part of the
Registration  Statement.  In giving this  consent,  we do not admit that we come
within the category of persons whose consent is required  under Section 7 of the
Securities  Act or the Rules and  Regulations  of the  Securities  and  Exchange
Commission thereunder.

                                        Very truly yours,

                                        JENKENS & GILCHRIST,
                                        a Professional Corporation

                                        By:  /s/ Michael J. Pendleton
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                                           Michael J. Pendleton,
                                           Authorized Signatory