Whittier Law School Closing: The First of Many?

The Whittier College Board of Trustees announced Wednesday that it is closing its law school, making it one of, if not the first ABA accredited law school to shut its doors. But it likely won’t be the last, legal experts predict.

“Once somebody does it, it becomes much more acceptable, psychologically and politically,” said Paul Campos, a professor at Colorado Law School who studies the economics of higher education. “There are a number of other schools that are struggling at least as much, if not more, than Whittier.”

He said that university administrators tend to be reactive.

Founded in 1966 and acquired ...