At TaxProf Blog, Paul Caron links to an article from The Economist titled, " Attack of the Bean-counters. Lawyers Beware: The Accountants Are Coming After Your Business."
At Leiter Law Reports, Michael Simkovic posts, "The Absence of Evidence for Structural Change: Recent Entry Level Outcomes."
What I like about both posts, despite their differing outlooks, is that they address the existence vel non of structural changes with concrete metrics. If this were a horse race, I'd bet heavily on "yes, there is a structural change happening," but I'm grateful for empirical discussions with clear definitions of what we're discussing. For me, the bottom line question is whether, and to what extent, the market has found a lawful, sustainable way to avoid paying supra-competitive profits to licensed lawyers. If so, that has profound implications for legal education and the daily lives of lawyers. Both of those posts left me better off in understanding what's happening.