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.”