Equity Advantage VUL

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                                                                     Exhibit (l)

                                                                  April 17, 2008

Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
200 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10166

Metropolitan Life Insurance Company

This opinion is furnished in connection with the filing of Post-Effective
Amendment No. 22 to Registration Statement No. 033-47927 on Form N-6
("Registration Statement"), which covers, among others, premiums received under
the Equity Advantage VUL life insurance policies that are currently being
offered by Metropolitan Life Insurance Company ("MLIC") in each State where they
have been approved by appropriate State insurance authorities (the "Current
Equity Advantage Policies"). As a Vice-President and Actuary of MLIC, I have
reviewed the Equity Advantage variable form (the "Policy Form") and I am
familiar with the Registration Statement and Exhibits thereto. In my opinion,
the illustrations of death benefits, cash values and cash surrender values in
Appendix A to the Prospectus for the Current Equity Advantage Policies included
in the Registration Statement, based on the assumptions stated therein, are
consistent with the provisions of the Policy Form and with MLIC's administrative
procedures. Also, in my opinion, the amounts assumed in the illustrations for
current policy charges (including the Current Equity Advantage Policy's decrease
in mortality and expense risk charge after 10 years) remain reasonable, based on
MLIC's current expectations. The rate structure of the Current Equity Advantage
Policies has not been designed so as to make the relationship between premiums
and benefits, as shown in these illustrations, appear to be materially more
favorable to a prospective purchaser for non-smoker preferred risk males age 40
than for a male at other ages or in other underwriting classes or for a female.
Nor have the assumptions in the particular illustrations shown been selected for
the purpose of making that relationship appear materially more favorable. The
illustrations are based on a commonly used rating classification and a premium
amount and age that are appropriate to the market in which the Current Equity
Advantage Policies are sold.

I hereby consent to the use of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration
Statement and to the reference to my name under the heading "Experts" in the
prospectus and supplement contained in the Registration Statement.

                                        Very truly yours,


                                        /s/ Paul LeClair

                                        Paul LeClair
                                        Vice President and Actuary