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... The Stockholm School of Economics (SSE) or Handelshögskolan i Stockholm (HHS) is a European business school ... SSE is a private business school that receives 85% of its financing from private sources ... The School is fully accredited by EQUIS and the school is also a Swedish member institution of CEMS together with universities such as London School of Economics ...
... The Stockholm School of Economics was founded in 1909 on private initiative as a response to rapid industrialization and a growing need for well educated businessmen and company managers and has maintained ... While founded as a business school, the subject of economics featured prominently in the research and curriculum of the school from the beginning ... The most well known scholars of the Stockholm School of Economics are arguably the economists Eli Heckscher (professor of economics and statistics 1909–1929, professor of economic ...
... Among the criticisms of law school rankings is that they are arbitrary in the characteristics they measure and the value given to each one ... Another complaint is that a prospective law student should take into account the "fit" and appropriateness of each school himself, and that there is thus not a "one size fits all" ranking ... Others complain that common rankings shortchange schools due to geographical or demographic reasons ...
... Law school rankings are a specific subset of college and university rankings dealing specifically with law schools ... Like college and university rankings, law school rankings can be based on empirical data, subjectively-perceived qualitative data (often survey research of educators, law professors, lawyers, students ... Such rankings are often consulted by prospective students as they choose which schools they will apply to or which school they will attend ...
... The majority of law school students do not end up at an elite university, but many can, and often do, find well-paying jobs in prestigious private firms ... However, because there are so many law schools—at last count, 200 accredited law schools that offer the J.D.—and so many newly minted lawyers (about 40,000 each year), it is impossible for every ... Students from schools outside of the "lower tiers" might not fare as well, and may struggle to pursue an active career as a legal practitioner ...
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“Escalus. What do you think of the trade, Pompey? Is it a lawful trade?
Pompey. If the law would allow it, sir.
Escalus. But the law will not allow it, Pompey; nor it shall not be allowed in Vienna.
Pompey. Does your worship mean to geld and spay all the youth of the city?
Escalus. No, Pompey.
Pompey. Truly, sir, in my poor opinion they will to’t then. If your worship will take order for the drabs and the knaves, you need not to fear the bawds.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“Nevertheless, no school can work well for children if parents and teachers do not act in partnership on behalf of the children’s best interests. Parents have every right to understand what is happening to their children at school, and teachers have the responsibility to share that information without prejudicial judgment.... Such communication, which can only be in a child’s interest, is not possible without mutual trust between parent and teacher.”
—Dorothy H. Cohen (20th century)