Rachel M. Self is the founding member of Rachel M. Self, P.C.. She represents individuals in criminal and immigration matters, specializing in criminal trial work, family immigration, citizenship, deportation defense, and post-conviction relief. She has regularly appeared as a legal analyst for various news networks, and has been featured in multiple documentary productions and interviews.

After 49 migrants were abducted and flown to Martha’s Vineyard in the fall of 2022, she was instrumental in organizing support for them from local agencies, including a raft of pro bono attorneys to provide pro bono assistance to all of them. She also assisted in coordinating the criminal investigations of all the victims with the Bexar County Sheriff’s Department. Her efforts garnered national recognition, including a feature in the Washington Post and Honorable Mention as a Bostonian of the Year 2022 in the Boston Globe Magazine. 

Rachel has been selected by Boston Magazine and Superlawyers as a top immigration attorney from 2009-2022 and has recently been honored for the Eleventh year in a row by The National Trial Lawyers: Top Trial Lawyers. She is regularly asked to teach and speak on both criminal and immigration issues. She has taught advanced immigration and crimmigration seminars for the American Immigration Lawyers Association, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Massachusetts Bar Association, Flaschner Judicial Institute, and the New Hampshire Judicial Education Program. She has also taught at New England Law Boston.

Rachel is fluent in Spanish, and has a broad base of knowledge in international and cross-cultural issues.

In her spare time, Rachel loves traveling, cooking, and spending time with her dog and her many chickens.