Out-of-state law school students at Northern Illinois University will pay the same tuition as in-state students, starting in fall 2018.The Northern Illinois University Board of Trustees voted unanimously last week to make the change.Interim law school Dean Mark W. Cordes said he is pleased and excited about the board’s decision.“They had already done this with undergraduates and graduates and to extend it to the law school made sense in part because of the [board’s] commitment to affordable and accessible …