U.S. News and World Report is considering adding part-time law students to their rankings of law schools.  As part-time students tend to be older, and have spent more time out of college, this proposed change may have large consequences on this highly competitive tool used to compare law schools.

Changing the law school ranking formula -- U.S. News and World Report

Should the US News Ranking Include Part-Time and Evening Law Students? -- Concurring Opinions

Proposed Changes to US News Ranking Methodology...or Fiddling While Rome Burns -- Brian Leiter's Law School Reports