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Law School Budget for 2025-2026 Academic Year - JD
Tuition $80,100
Medical Insurance* $3,704
Health Fee (mandatory) $1,008
Law Student Activity Fee $150
Graduate Student Activity Fee $38
Graduate Student Services Fee $26
Recreation Fee $390
Transcript Fee (one time only)** $120
Loan Fees*** $1,776
Rent & Utilities $13,842
Food $4,320
Books & Supplies $1,492
Personal/Miscellaneous $4,374
Transportation $2,088
TOTAL $113,428
Law School Budget for 2025-2026 Academic Year - JD/LLM
Tuition $93,450
Medical Insurance* $3,704
Health Fee (mandatory) $1,008
Law Student Activity Fee $150
Graduate Student Activity Fee $38
Graduate Student Services Fee $26
Recreation Fee $390
Transcript Fee (one time only)** $120
Loan Fees*** $1,776
Rent & Utilities $13,842
Food $4,320
Books & Supplies $1,492
Personal/Miscellaneous $4,374
Transportation $2,088
TOTAL $126,778

* Duke University requires that students enrolled in programs that require payment of the health fee must have adequate medical insurance. Adequate means that the benefits must be similar to those offered by the Duke Student Medical Insurance Plan (SMIP). 

** The transcript fee is a one-time only fee paid to Duke University.

*** This is the standard allocation based on the average loan fee. Individual students may have this figure reduced based on their actual loan fees.