Up to one-third of the faculty may be terminated, although in the law school, Chicago-Kent, it appears the number is lower (maybe one-fifth by some accounts). If readers have more details, please email me. The main source of the budgetary crisis is the decline in the enrollment of international students, no doubt due to Trump policies.

UPDATE: Based on various reports, it does, indeed, look like one-fifth of the faculty has been lost, most fired, but some early retirements. Only one assistant professor was fired, while most of those fired were quite senior. The list of likely victims is dominated by women, which doesn’t seem prudent for a school no doubt hoping to avoid litigation. Those fired received two weeks notice (they are terminated August 11). No faculty seem to know the criteria utilized, which is really wild. I suppose when some of these cases land in court, we will learn more.

Chicago-Kent has long been a regional law school with a quite strong faculty. It’s also a place with a good eye for junior talent, as evidenced by the impressive list of scholars who started their career there (including Randy Barnett [now Georgetown], Richard Hasen [now UCLA], Richard McAdams [now Chicago], and David Schwartz [now Northwestern], among others).