Exhibit 5.1




                         August 30, 2004


Ennis, Inc.
2441 Presidential Parkway
Midlothian, Texas  76065

Gentlemen:

      Reference is made to the Registration Statement on Form S-8
(the  "Registration  Statement") filed with  the  Securities  and
Exchange  Commission under the Securities Act of 1933 (the  "1933
Act") for the registration of up to 500,000 shares (the "Shares")
of  Common  Stock, par value $2.50 per share, of Ennis,  Inc.,  a
Texas  corporation,  pursuant to the 2004 Ennis,  Inc.  Long-Term
Incentive Plan.

      You  have requested our opinion as to the matters set forth
below  in  connection  with  the  Registration  Statement.    For
purposes  of  rendering  that  opinion,  we  have  examined   the
Registration  Statement, the Company's Articles of Incorporation,
as  amended, and Bylaws, and the corporate action of the  Company
that  provides for the issuance of the Shares, and we  have  made
such  other investigation as we have deemed appropriate.  We note
that  the  Plan  was duly approved by the Board of Directors  and
shareholders of the Company.  In rendering our opinion,  we  also
have  made the assumptions that are customary in opinion  letters
of this kind.  We have not verified any of those assumptions.

     Our opinion set forth below is limited to the laws of the
State of Texas.

     Based  upon and  subject to the foregoing, it is our opinion
that  the Shares to be issued pursuant to the Plan have been duly
authorized for issuance by the Company and, when issued and  paid
for  under  the terms of the Plan, will be validly issued,  fully
paid, and nonassessable.

      We  hereby  consent  to the filing of this  opinion  as  an
exhibit to the Registration Statement.  In giving our consent  we
do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose
consent is required under Section 7 of the 1933 Act or the  rules
and regulations thereunder.

                              Yours truly,



                              /s/ Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP