# kaal:claim:6421319-038

**Claim.** The legal profession faces a structural problem that incremental reform cannot solve, because its obsolescence curve is steeper than the curriculum adaptation curve.

**Type.** failure  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- applies to the legal profession and legal education

**Source quote.**

> The profession's obsolescence curve is steeper than the curriculum's adaptation curve. A structural problem that incremental reform cannot solve.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *The Collapse of Scarcity Economics* (2026), IX.B. Professional Obsolescence and Institutional Resistance, page 34

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, The Collapse of Scarcity Economics (2026). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=6421319

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**Failure mode.** Curriculum Adaptation Lag  (family: adoption-and-usability-barrier)

**Topics.** law-and-legal-systems, education-and-practice, institutional-design

**Keywords.** legal-profession, legal-education, professional-obsolescence, institutional-resistance

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