Various & sundry

•   Freshfields trainees  flunk test of commercial knowledge.  Take the quiz  yourself here.

•   One of the easiest predictions to make in a time of economic uncertainty: law school applications will go up.  National Law Journalreports a 16% jump in those taking the LSAT.  The ABA’s recent decision to recognize the highest, rather than average, test score of repeat test takers is also driving up numbers.

•   Evan Chesler, the presiding partner at Cravath tells BusinessWeek he’s on a mission to “make the billable hour irrelevant.”  Unclear whether this will transpire before or after he secures a lasting peace in the Middle East and delivers every good little girl a pony for Christmas.

•   Paul, Weiss attorney murdered in twisted circumstances tailor-made for The NY Post.

                                                                              -posted by brian