PROCOPIO 12544 High Bluff Drive Suite 400 San Diego, CA 92130 T. 858.720.6300 F. 619.235.0398
	DEL MAR HEIGHTS LAS VEGAS ORANGE COUNTY PHOENIX SAN DIEGO SILICON VALLEY

EXHIBIT 5.1

August 11, 2021

Simulations Plus, Inc.

42505 10^th Street West

Lancaster, California 93534

Re:	Registration Statement on Form S-8
	Simulations Plus, Inc. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as counsel to Simulations Plus, Inc., a California corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the preparation for filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) of a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), for the registration of 2,477,011 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Shares”), of the Company, pursuant to the Company’s 2021 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2021 Plan”) and the Company’s 2017 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2017 Plan,” and together with the 2021 Plan, the “Plans”).

This opinion is being furnished in connection with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Act, and no opinion is expressed herein as to any matter pertaining to the contents of the Registration Statement or the related prospectuses, other than as expressly stated herein with respect to the issuance of the Shares.

We have examined the Plans and such corporate records, documents, instruments and certificates of the Company, and have reviewed such other documents as we have deemed relevant under the circumstances. In such examination, we have assumed, without independent investigation, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of all natural persons, and the conformity of any documents submitted to us as copies to their respective originals. As to certain questions of fact material to this opinion, we have relied, without independent investigation, upon statements or certificates of public officials and officers of the Company. We are opining herein as to the General Corporation Law of the State of California, and we express no opinion with respect to any other laws.

    

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Based upon, and subject to, the foregoing, and assuming that (i) the Company reserves for issuance under the Plans an adequate number of authorized and unissued shares of common stock, (ii) when issued, the Shares are duly registered on the books of the transfer agent and registrar therefor in the name or on behalf of the purchasers, (iii) each individual issuance, grant or award under the Plans is duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and duly issued, granted or awarded and exercised in accordance with the requirements of applicable law and the Plans (and the agreements and awards duly adopted thereunder and in accordance therewith), and (iv) the consideration required to be paid in connection with the issuance and sale of the Shares under the Plans is actually received by the Company as provided in the Plans, we are of the opinion that the Shares, when issued in accordance with the Plans, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

In rendering the foregoing opinion, we have assumed that the Company will comply with all applicable notice requirements regarding uncertificated shares provided in the General Corporation Law of the State of California.

We consent to your filing this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP