<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishKatika miaka kumi iliyopita, vyama vya wanasheria huko New York na kote nchini vimekuwa vikijua vizuri ongezeko la gharama za kuhudhuria shule ya sheria, ongezeko ambalo limezidi sana mfumuko wa bei katika uwanja mwingine wowote.  <response>: For the past decade, bar associations in New York and across the country have been well aware of increases in the cost of attending law school, increases that have briskly outpaced inflation in any other realm. 