Exhibit (i)(2)
                                Wilmer Hale
                              60 State Street
                              Boston, MA 02109




April 27, 2007

Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, NE
Washington, D.C.  20002
Re:  Post-Effective Amendment No. 36 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A
     of The Wright Managed Equity Trust (the "Trust") File Nos. 2-78047;
     811-3489 ("PEA no. 36")


Dear Gentlemen:

Wilmer Cutler  Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP hereby consents to the  incorporation
by reference into PEA no. 36 of its opinion, dated April 7, 1998, filed with the
Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  on April 29,  1998,  as exhibit no. 10 to
post-effective  amendment no. 23 to the Trust's  registration  statement on Form
N-1A.

This  consent  may not be used for any  purpose  other  than as set forth  above
without our further consent.

Very truly yours,

Wilmer Cutler Pickering
Hale and Dorr LLP

By:   /s/ Timothy F. Silva
      -------------------------
      Timothy F. Silva, Partner