This articles's been posted elsewhere, but the increase in Muslim law students is worth noting again, and I am very glad to see it. . . . . The California Supremes will address this unusual case, where in-house counsel thought he'd hung up the phone after leaving a voicemail to the opposing lawyer -- but continued to leave a message as he conferred with his own client. . . . . Preston Gates & Ellis may have obtained approval for the trips that the firm arranged for members of Congress and that are now causing controversy. . . . . Plans are afoot in the UK to scrap jury trials for complex fraud prosecutions. I wonder if post-Enron verdicts would have been different had they been bench trials. . . . . This evangelical law firm is trying to do some impact litigation. . . . . Jasim, al-Issawi, a prominent lawyer who had been invited to help draft the Iraqi constitution, has been murdered. . . . . A bar council in India ruled that a nun already has a profession and cannot become a lawyer. Disagreement has ensued. . . . . Is the SEC really discussing what to do if KPMG doesn't survive criminal indictment, or is the SEC just floating stories to induce KPMG to reach a settlement?