Every summer, law school graduates across the U.S. spend two months after graduation cramming their brains full of legal intricacies in anticipation of the dreaded bar exam.

P icture a graduation ceremony at one of the nation’s top law schools. As each graduate crosses the stage to be handed their diploma, they also receive a piece of paper with the total amount of debt ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. For centuries, aspiring lawyers taught themselves the law. They did this by reading constitutions, statutes, law reports, and ...