USA best law school Created: March 30, 2014 / Author: Aaron Lewis US News Best Law Schools, 2012 Rank School State Total Enrollment Tuition & Fees2010-11 1 Yale University CT 629 Full-time$50750 per year 2 Harvard University MA 1733 Full-time$45450 per year 3 Stanford University CA 571 Full-time$46581 per year 4 Columbia University NY 1344 Full-time$50428 per year 5 University of Chicago IL 634 Full-time$45405 per year 6 New York University NY 1431 Full-time$46840 per year 7 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor MI 1134 In-state, full-time: $44840 per year;Out-of-state, full-time: $47840 per year 7 University of Pennsylvania PA 803 Full-time$48362 per year 9 University of California-Berkeley CA 916 In-state, full-time: $44244 per year;Out-of-state, full-time: $52245 per year 9 University of Virginia VA 1106 In-state, full-time: $42500 per year;Out-of-state, full-time: $47500 per year 11 Duke University NC 681 Full-time$47722 per year 12 Northwestern University IL 817 Full-time$49714 per year 13 Cornell University NY 615 Full-time$51150 per year 14 Georgetown University DC 1960 Full-time$45105 per year 14 University of Texas-Austin TX 1154 In-state, full-time: $28669 per year;Out-of-state, full-time: $44638 per year