The phrase &quot;structural collapse&quot; does appear, to be fair, but what the report actually talks about is the hollowing out of low- to mid-level associate class that exists to do things like documents review and straightforward searches, not any reduction in the actual impact of law firms.  Law firms will still exist, because (unsurprisingly!) they are legally mandated to exist.  If you attempt to &quot;disrupt&quot; the legal profession as a non-lawyer you will be visited first by lawyers, and then by unfriendly men with guns.  If you attempt to disrupt it seriously as a lawyer in a way that reduces its aggregate importance, you will be made illegal.