MIT Sloan
Executive Education Faculty
John Akula
Senior Lecturer, Law
John Akula is a Senior Lecturer in Law at MIT Sloan, where he has primary responsibility for the business law curriculum. His courses focus on the law-sensitive skills needed by managers in both young and established companies, and the legal framework of entrepreneurship, technology, innovation, and finance...
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John Akula is a Senior Lecturer in Law at MIT Sloan, where he has primary responsibility for the business law curriculum. His courses focus on the law-sensitive skills needed by managers in both young and established companies, and the legal framework of entrepreneurship, technology, innovation, and finance. John has also taught in the Biomedical Enterprise Program of the Harvard/MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology.
John earned a PhD at Harvard, where he was a National Science Foundation Fellow, and where his research focused on the evolution of effective legal commitments. After post-doctoral work and earning a law degree, both also at Harvard, he clerked for a Justice of the highest court in Massachusetts, and then spent 15 years practicing law. He was a partner at Herrick & Smith until that firm dissolved in 1985, and then joined Goodwin Procter, one of the nation’s leading law firms, as a partner in its business law department. As a practicing lawyer, he worked with senior managers and boards in a broad range of industries, including banking and health care. His typical role was as managing partner for clients for whom the firm was general counsel, and so he was involved in a great variety of matters. He had a substantial trade association practice, and was heavily involved in the drafting of legislation and regulation.
He left the practice of law in 1991 to return to the academic world. He divided his time between teaching at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and MIT Sloan, and is now full-time at MIT Sloan, where he is also heavily involved in the school’s executive education and international programs.
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Group(s):
Law
Research Center(s):
MIT Entrepreneurship Center
MIT Center for Digital Business
General Expertise:
Law
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Contact Information:
Office: E53-309
Tel: 617-452-3619
Fax: 617-253-2660
Email: jakula@mit.edu
Support Staff:
Name: Patricia Curley
Tel: 617-715-4798
Email: pcurley@mit.edu
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John Akula: Keeping abreast of the law
In today's fast-paced, global business environment, senior executives need to stay up to date with key areas of the law that are evolving rapidly.... more
Social Media @ Work: Managing Risks and Opportunities with John Akula
This is the recording of the webinar that took place on November 1, 2012. Social media in the workplaceFacebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and other... more
Social Media @ Work Additional Resources
Additional resources for the Social Media @ Work webinare on November 1, 2012. Includes Collections of company social media policies and other... more
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Managing Complex Technical Projects
June 05-06, 2013 | November 05-06, 2013
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Strategic Marketing for the Technical Executive
June 13-14, 2013 | November 14-15, 2013
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Driving Strategic Innovation: Achieving High Performance Throughout the Value Chain
September 08-13, 2013 | March 23-28, 2014 | September 07-12, 2014
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