HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE, LEGAL EDUCATION EDITION: Concordia Is Sixth Law School To Close Since 2017.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Rising 2L Sues Harvard Law School, Demands Lower Tuition For ‘Inferior’ Online Classes.

HIGHER EDUCATON BUBBLE UPDATE, LEGAL EDUCATION EDITION: Valparaiso Graduates Its Last Law School Class Of 14 Students. “In the last three years, Valparaiso University’s final class of law school graduates have studied under extraordinary circumstances — first learning their school, a 141-year-old institution, would be closing upon their graduation, then completing their legal education in the midst of a sweeping global pandemic.”

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE, LEGAL EDUCATION EDITION: Arizona Law School Dean: Due To COVID-19, International Student Enrollment ‘Is Not Going To Slow Down—It’s Going To Shut.’ “There is no plausible scenario for [international law students] to be here, even if they have the resources, schools are open, and they want to be here. If you can’t get a visa—unless you can start digitally—it doesn’t matter. And it’s not clear that people can start in January either. We may be talking about a year delay, or more, imposed by the realities of immigration policy and the availability of international air travel.”

UPDATE: People in the comments are wondering why this is a big deal. Well, if you click through and read the actual post, it’s this: “International students have become an ever-more-important component of law school admissions and finances, and a major decline in their enrollment numbers will have negative implications for many campuses. Schools rapidly added LL.M. programs in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis when the number of domestic applicants plummeted dramatically. The tuition dollars of foreign students [have] helped to fill the financial gap caused by smaller J.D. classes.”

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE, LEGAL EDUCATION EDITION: Are most law schools losing a million dollars a year?

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE, LEGAL EDUCATION EDITION: Despite stable enrollment, law schools continue to shed full-time faculty. “44 law schools saw faculty declines of at least 15% in that time period.”

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE, LEGAL EDUCATION EDITION: ABA Approves Thomas Jefferson Law School’s Teach-Out Plan. That is, a way to let existing students graduate as the school shuts down.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE, LEGAL EDUCATION EDITION: California’s Disappearing ABA Law Schools.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE, LEGAL EDUCATION EDITION: Which law schools have the best and worst debt-to-income ratios among recent graduates?

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE, LEGAL EDUCATION EDITION: La Verne May Be Sixth Law School To Close Since 2017.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE, LEGAL EDUCATION EDITION: UNH Law School Budget Deficit Exceeds 100% Of Revenues.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE, LEGAL EDUCATION EDITION: 46 Law Schools Accept The GRE For Admissions, And 5 Accept The GMAT.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE, LEGAL EDUCATION EDITION: 44 Law Schools Now Accept The GRE For Admissions (The Latest Are Cal-Western, Penn State, And SMU).

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE, LEGAL EDUCATION EDITION: 3 Law Schools Now Charge Cost Over $100,000 Per Year.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE, LEGAL EDUCATION EDITION: Law School Applicants Increase 3%; Applicants Refusing To Reveal Their Race/Ethnicity Increase 112%.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE, LEGAL EDUCATION EDITION: 41 Law Schools Now Accept The GRE For Admissions (The Latest Are Seattle And Yale).

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE, LEGAL EDUCATION EDITION: As Whittier Law School Prepares To Close, Dean Tries To Soften Blow For Students.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE, LEGAL EDUCATION EDITION: Over Past Three Years, Seven Law Schools Have Tried To Be Acquired By Universities.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE, LEGAL EDUCATION EDITION: South Carolina Law School Reduces Tuition By 17%, To $25,000.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE, LEGAL EDUCATION EDITION: Law Schools Clamber To Raise Bar Pass Rates. “Law.com analyzed the bar pass rates reported by schools to the American Bar Association between 2013 and 2017—the 2018 results aren’t yet available—and found that 35 of the 203 ABA-accredited law schools had pass rates decreases of more than 20 percent in those four years. Further, 42 of the ABA-accredited law schools saw their pass rate fall anywhere from 10 to 20 percent. There is plenty of debate about why pass rates have fallen, but most experts agree that the 36-percent decline in law school applicants between 2010 and 2016 played a major role. Many schools dipped deeper into their applicant pool and enrolled students with lower LSAT scores and undergraduate grades. Other elements such changing law school pedagogy and the rise of online bar exam preparation are also at play, they say.”

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE, LEGAL EDUCATION EDITION: University Of Akron Excludes Law School (‘Strategic Investment Area’) From Buy-Outs Offered To 47% Of Faculty.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE, LEGAL EDUCATION EDITION: Moody’s Continues New York Law School’s Negative Financial Outlook, Citing Its 26% Operating Deficit.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE, LEGAL EDUCATION EDITION: Valparaiso Law School To Close In May 2020.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE, LEGAL EDUCATION EDITION: Eighteen Law Schools Would Fail ABA’s Proposed 75% Bar Passage Within 2 Years Accreditation Standard.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE, LEGAL EDUCATION EDITION: Law Schools, Standards, And The Bar Passage Rate.