21.   Kimberlianne Podlas, an Internet-law professor at Bryant College in Smithfield, R.I., said the case involved what in legal circles is called the effects test.

22.   Reinhardt, a graduate of the Yale Law School and a former labor lawyer, is famous in legal circles for his losing Supreme Court record.

23.   Starr is a widely admired figure in conservative legal circles.

24.   Still, the cases have caused a stir in legal circles.

25.   That is a familiar and well-known phrase in legal circles and, under the circumstances cited, an appropriate one.

26.   The betting in legal circles is that Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson will find that Microsoft did violate some antitrust laws.

27.   The case has attracted broad attention in media and legal circles because it is a leading example of a new trend in lawsuits against networks and television news magazines.

28.   The almost universal view in legal circles is that the Supreme Court will overturn the appeals courts and let the state laws stand.

29.   The code failed to pass Congress during the Reagan administration, but has been influential in the courts and in legal circles.

30.   The case immediately drew reactions in legal circles and among consumer groups throughout the country.