FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 424(b)(3) AND 424(c)
                                                      REGISTRATION NO. 333-68922

                          PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT NO. 8

                     (TO PROSPECTUS DATED OCTOBER 19, 2001)

                                  $567,285,000

                                LEGG MASON, INC.

                     LIQUID YIELD OPTION-TM- NOTES DUE 2031
                             (ZERO COUPON--SENIOR)
                                      AND
               COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF THE LYONS

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    This document supplements the prospectus dated October 19, 2001 of Legg
Mason, Inc. relating to the resale by certain holders of LYONs who are named as
selling security holders of up to $567,285,000 aggregate principal amount at
maturity of LYONs and the shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of the
LYONS.

    You should read this prospectus supplement in conjunction with the
prospectus dated October 19, 2001. This prospectus supplement is qualified by
reference to the prospectus dated October 19, 2001, except to the extent that
the information in this prospectus supplement supersedes the information
contained in the October 19, 2001 prospectus.

    The table of selling security holders beginning on page 39 of the prospectus
is hereby amended to add the entities named below as selling security holders:



                                         PRINCIPAL AMOUNT                   NUMBER OF
                                          AT MATURITY OF                    SHARES OF
                                        LYONS BENEFICIALLY   PERCENTAGE    COMMON STOCK   PERCENTAGE OF
                                            OWNED THAT        OF LYONS     THAT MAY BE     COMMON STOCK
NAME AND ADDRESS:                          MAY BE SOLD       OUTSTANDING    SOLD(1)(4)    OUTSTANDING(2)
-----------------                       ------------------   -----------   ------------   --------------
                                                                              
Credit Suisse First Boston Corp.
  London..............................       $57,500,000        10.14%       443,107               *
c/o Credit Suisse First Boston
  Corporation
  11 Madison Avenue
  7th Floor
  New York, NY 10010
Credit Suisse First Boston
  Corporation.........................       $ 5,040,000            *         38,839               *
  11 Madison Avenue
  7th Floor
  New York, NY 10010



    After giving effect to the addition of the foregoing selling security
holders, the table of selling security holders reads as follows:

                            SELLING SECURITY HOLDERS



                                         PRINCIPAL AMOUNT                   NUMBER OF
                                          AT MATURITY OF                    SHARES OF
                                        LYONS BENEFICIALLY   PERCENTAGE    COMMON STOCK   PERCENTAGE OF
                                            OWNED THAT        OF LYONS     THAT MAY BE     COMMON STOCK
NAME AND ADDRESS:                          MAY BE SOLD       OUTSTANDING    SOLD(1)(4)    OUTSTANDING(2)
-----------------                       ------------------   -----------   ------------   --------------
                                                                              
AIG SoundShore Opportunity Holding
  Fund Ltd. ..........................     $  3,264,000             *          25,153              *
c/o DKR Management Company, Inc.
  1281 East Main Street
  3rd Floor
  Stamford, CT 06902
AIG SoundShore Strategic Holding Fund
  Ltd. ...............................     $  1,836,000             *          14,149              *
  c/o DKR Management Company, Inc.
  1281 East Main Street
  3rd Floor
  Stamford, CT 06902
Allstate Insurance Company............     $  2,200,000             *          16,954              *
  3075 Sanders Road
  Suite G6B
  Northbrook, IL 60062
Allstate Life Insurance Company.......     $  3,050,000             *          23,504              *
  3075 Sanders Road
  Suite G6B
  Northbrook, IL 60062
Argent Classic Convertible Arbitrage
  Fund (Bermuda) Ltd..................     $  6,800,000          1.20%         52,402              *
  73 Front Street
  Hamilton HM 12
  Bermuda
Argent Classic Convertible Arbitrage
  Fund L.P. ..........................     $  5,000,000             *          38,531              *
  500 West Putnam Avenue
  3rd Floor
  Greenwich, CT 06830-6086
Argent Classic Arbitrage Fund Ltd.....     $  5,000,000             *          38,531              *
  500 West Putnam Avenue
  3rd Floor
  Greenwich, CT 06830-6086
Continental Assurance Company.........     $  4,700,000             *          36,219              *
  On Behalf of its Separate Account
  (E)
  CNA Plaza, 23 South
  Chicago, IL 60685
Continental Casualty Company..........     $ 28,500,000          5.02%        219,627              *
  CNA Plaza, 23 South
  Chicago, IL 60685


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                                         PRINCIPAL AMOUNT                   NUMBER OF
                                          AT MATURITY OF                    SHARES OF
                                        LYONS BENEFICIALLY   PERCENTAGE    COMMON STOCK   PERCENTAGE OF
                                            OWNED THAT        OF LYONS     THAT MAY BE     COMMON STOCK
NAME AND ADDRESS:                          MAY BE SOLD       OUTSTANDING    SOLD(1)(4)    OUTSTANDING(2)
-----------------                       ------------------   -----------   ------------   --------------
                                                                              
Credit Suisse First Boston Corp.
  London..............................     $ 57,500,000         10.14%        443,107              *
c/o Credit Suisse First Boston
  Corporation
  11 Madison Avenue
  7th Floor
  New York, NY 10010
Credit Suisse First Boston
  Corporation.........................     $  5,040,000             *          38,839              *
  11 Madison Avenue
  7th Floor
  New York, NY 10010
D.E. Shaw Investments, L.P............     $  6,500,000          1.15%         50,090              *
  120 West 45th St., 39th Floor
  New York, NY 10036
D.E. Shaw Valence, L.P................     $ 26,200,000          4.62%        201,902              *
  120 West 45th St., 39th Floor
  New York, NY 10036
Deephaven Domestic Convertible
  Trading Ltd. .......................     $  9,750,000          1.72%         75,135              *
  130 Cheshire Lane
  Suite 102
  Minnetonka, MN 55305
Deutsche Banc Alex Brown Inc..........     $  5,000,000             *          38,531              *
  1251 Avenue of the Americas
  New York, NY 10020
Dylan (IMA) Ltd.......................     $  4,000,000             *          30,825              *
  Lydian Asset Management L.P.
  101 East 52nd St.
  36th Floor
  New York, NY 10022
Global Bermuda Limited Partnership....     $  5,500,000             *          42,384              *
  601 Carlson Parkway
  Suite 200
  Minnetonka, MN 55305
Hamilton Partners Limited.............     $  7,300,000          1.29%         56,255              *
  415 Madison Avenue, 19th Floor
  New York, NY 10007
JP Morgan Securities Inc. ............     $ 10,000,000          1.76%         77,062              *
  500 Stanton Christiana Road
  Newark, DE 19713
KBC Financial Products................     $  5,000,000             *          38,531              *
  140 East 45th Street
  2 Grand Central Tower
  42nd Floor
  New York, NY 10017
Lakeshore International Ltd...........     $ 27,550,000          4.86%        212,306              *
  601 Carlson Parkway
  Suite 200
  Minnetonka, MN 55305


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                                         PRINCIPAL AMOUNT                   NUMBER OF
                                          AT MATURITY OF                    SHARES OF
                                        LYONS BENEFICIALLY   PERCENTAGE    COMMON STOCK   PERCENTAGE OF
                                            OWNED THAT        OF LYONS     THAT MAY BE     COMMON STOCK
NAME AND ADDRESS:                          MAY BE SOLD       OUTSTANDING    SOLD(1)(4)    OUTSTANDING(2)
-----------------                       ------------------   -----------   ------------   --------------
                                                                              
Lincoln National Global Asset
  Allocation Fund, Inc................     $    320,000             *           2,466              *
  c/o Putnam Investment Management,
  LLC
  Investors Way, N-3-L
  Norwood, MA 02062
Lydian Overseas Partners Master
  Fund................................     $ 19,300,000          3.40%        148,730              *
  Lydian Asset Management L.P.
  101 East 52nd Street,
  36th Floor
  New York, NY 10022
Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith,
  Inc.................................     $  4,155,000             *          32,019              *
  101 Hudson Street
  Jersey City, NJ 07302
Morgan Stanley & Co. .................     $ 25,800,000          4.55%        198,820              *
  1585 Broadway
  New York, NY 10036
Newport Investments, Inc. ............     $    750,000             *           5,780              *
  130 Cheshire Lane
  Suite 102
  Minnetonka, MN 55305
Putnam Asset Allocation Funds-
  Conservative Portfolio..............     $  2,560,000             *          19,728              *
  c/o Putnam Investment Management,
  LLC
  Investors Way, N-3-L
  Norwood, MA 02062
Putnam Asset Allocation Funds-Balanced
  Portfolio...........................     $  1,960,000             *          15,104              *
  c/o Putnam Investment Management,
  LLC
  Investors Way, N-3-L
  Norwood, MA 02062
Putnam Convertible Income-Growth
  Trust...............................     $ 18,950,000          3.34%        146,033              *
  c/o Putnam Investment Management,
  LLC
  Investors Way, N-3-L
  Norwood, MA 02062
Putnam Convertible Opportunities and
  Income Trust........................     $    670,000             *           5,163              *
  c/o Putnam Investment Management,
  LLC
  Investors Way, N-3-L
  Norwood, MA 02062


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                                         PRINCIPAL AMOUNT                   NUMBER OF
                                          AT MATURITY OF                    SHARES OF
                                        LYONS BENEFICIALLY   PERCENTAGE    COMMON STOCK   PERCENTAGE OF
                                            OWNED THAT        OF LYONS     THAT MAY BE     COMMON STOCK
NAME AND ADDRESS:                          MAY BE SOLD       OUTSTANDING    SOLD(1)(4)    OUTSTANDING(2)
-----------------                       ------------------   -----------   ------------   --------------
                                                                              
Putnam Variable Trust--Putnam VT
  Global Asset Allocation Fund........     $    670,000             *           5,163              *
  c/o Putnam Investment Management,
  LLC
  Investors Way, N-3-L
  Norwood, MA 02062
RAM Trading Ltd. .....................     $ 10,000,000          1.76%         77,062              *
  c/o SAM Investments
  650 Warrenville Road
  Suite 408
  Lisle, IL 60532
RCG Latitude Master Fund..............     $  3,500,000             *          26,972              *
  666 Third Ave.,
  26th Floor
  New York, NY 10019
Salomon Smith Barney Inc. ............     $  8,350,000          1.47%         64,347              *
  390 Greenwich St.
  Convertibles, 3rd Floor
  New York, NY 10013
SAM Investments LDC...................     $ 75,000,000         13.22%        577,965              *
  650 Warrenville Road
  Suite 408
  Lisle, IL 60532
Tribeca Investments, L.L.C. ..........     $ 83,900,000         14.79%        646,550           1.00%
  399 Park Ave.
  New York, NY 10043
UBS AG London Branch..................     $ 58,765,000         10.36%        452,855              *
  100 Liverpool Street
  London EC2M 2RH
  United Kingdom
Worldwide Transactions Ltd. ..........     $    735,000             *           5,664              *
  48 Par La Ville Rd.
  Suite 778
  Hamilton, HMII Bermuda
Any other holder of LYON's or future
  transferee, pledgee, donee or
  successor of any holder(3)..........     $ 22,210,000          3.92%        171,155              *


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*   Less than 1%.

(1) Assumes conversion of all of the holder's LYONS at a conversion rate of
    7.7062 shares of common stock per $1,000 principal amount at maturity of the
    LYONS. However, this conversion rate will be subject to adjustment as
    described under "Description of LYONS--Conversion Rights." As a result, the
    amount of common stock issuable upon conversion of the LYONs may increase or
    decrease in the future.

(2) Calculated based on 63,828,321 shares of common stock outstanding as of
    August 30, 2001. In calculating this amount, we treated as outstanding that
    number of shares of common stock issuable

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    upon conversion of all of a particular holder's LYONS. However, we did not
    assume the conversion of any other holder's LYONS.

(3) Information about other selling security holders will be set forth in
    prospectus supplements, if required.

(4) Assumes that the holders of LYONS, or any future transferees, pledgees,
    donees or successors of or from any such holder of LYONS, do not
    beneficially own any common stock other than the common stock issuable upon
    conversion of the LYONS at the initial conversion rate.

    We prepared this table based on the information supplied to us as of
January 15, 2002, by the selling security holders named in the table. The
selling security holders listed in the above table may have sold or transferred,
in transactions exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act,
some or all of their LYONS since the date on which the information is presented
in the above table. Information about the selling security holders may change
over time. Any changed information supplied to us will be set forth in future
prospectus supplements.

    Because the selling security holders may offer all or some of their LYONS or
the underlying common stock from time to time, we cannot estimate the amount of
the LYONS or the underlying common stock that will be held by the selling
security holders upon the termination of any particular offering. See "Plan of
Distribution."

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    INVESTING IN THE LYONS INVOLVES RISKS THAT ARE DESCRIBED IN THE "RISK
FACTORS" SECTION BEGINNING ON PAGE 9 OF THE PROSPECTUS.

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    NEITHER THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION NOR ANY STATE SECURITIES
COMMISSION HAS APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED OF THESE SECURITIES OR PASSED UPON THE
ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A
CRIMINAL OFFENSE.

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          The date of this prospectus supplement is January 16, 2002.

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