Exhibit (i)

                               CONSENT OF COUNSEL

                             Scudder Municipal Trust

         We hereby consent to the use of our name and to the references to our
firm in the Statement of Additional Information included in Post-Effective
Amendment No. __ (the "Amendment") to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A
(Securities Act File No. 2-57139, Investment Company Act File No. 811-2671) of
Scudder Municipal Trust (the "Trust") and to the Trust's filing a copy of this
Consent as an exhibit to the Amendment.



/s/Willkie Farr & Gallagher


Willkie Farr & Gallagher
December 22, 2000
New York, New York