Andrew J. Haile
Assistant Teaching Professor
Education
Boston College Law School, JD 2015
Bio
Professor Haile is an assistant teaching professor in the Legal Skills in Social Context program. Prior to joining Northeastern, Professor Haile was an assistant attorney general in the constitutional and administrative law division of the Office of Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey ’98. In that capacity, he litigated appeals in state and federal court on behalf of Massachusetts state agencies in a variety of subject areas. He first joined the Attorney General’s Office through its Honors Fellowship Program.
Professor Haile has a wide range of interests and teaches in areas of environmental law and Indigenous rights. He received Northeastern Law's 2025 Teacher of the Year award, an annual honor recognizing teaching excellence and efficacy; devotion to student success; dedication to the social justice mission of the law school; commitment to experiential education; challenging students to think critically and appreciate alternative perspectives; creation of an inclusive learning environment; and innovation in pedagogy and curriculum. In 2023 and 2024, he created and led a “Dialogue of Civilization” for Northeastern undergraduates to the Pacific Northwest to study old-growth forests. Haile also teaches Federal Indian Law, a course he created to fill a curricular gap at the law school.
Professor Haile received his JD magna cum laude from Boston College Law School and his BA from Middlebury College. He clerked for Hon. Paul Barbadoro in the U.S. District Court for New Hampshire. Prior to law school, he worked as a peace corps volunteer in Guinea, West Africa, and was an immigration counselor for immigrants and refugees at Elon Law School in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Selected Works
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- “Kerry v. Din: The Supreme Court’s ‘Other Marriage Decision’ Preserves Status Quo in Visa Denials, Leaves Tangled Trail for Lower Courts to Follow,” LexisNexis Emerging Issues Analysis (June 2015)
- “The Scandal of Refugee Family Reunification,” 56 Boston College Law Review 273 (2015).
- “Should Lawyers Be Judged For Representing Unpopular Clients?” 2014 Faspe Law Journal.
- “Din v. Kerry: A Missed Opportunity to Challenge the Doctrine of Consular Non-Reviewability,” 19 Bender’s Immigration Bulletin 306 (March 15, 2014).
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- “You Want Your Girls to be SNATCHED?!,” Let Grow (October 27, 2025).
- “Nightside News with Dan Rea,” WBZNewsRadio (October 21, 2025).
- “Kids Need More Independence. If Only Massachusetts Law Would Allow It,” The Boston Globe (September 30, 2025).
- “Professor Andrew Haile Selected to Receive Northeastern Law’s 2025 Teacher of the Year Award,” Northeastern Law Magazine (Summer 2025).
- “Peace Institute, NU Class Offer Forum to Survivors in Unsolved Homicides,” The Dorchester Reporter (April 30, 2025).
- “Families Aren’t Hearing From Boston Police About Their Loved Ones’ Cold Cases,” Mass Live (April 7, 2025).
- “The Power of Ritual in Classroom Teaching,” The Second Draft (March 26, 2025).
- “Haile and Knowles Lead Dialogues of Civilization Trips,” Northeastern Law Magazine (Winter 2025).
- “I Gave a Mass. Judge a Gift. The Supreme Court Could Learn From His Response,” The Boston Globe (October 2, 2024).
- “Students Bond With Ancient ‘Beings’ in Old Growth Forests of the Pacific Northwest,” Northeastern Global News (September 6, 2024).
- “The Way Trump Talks About “Chain Migration” Is Spiritually Bankrupt,” The Washington Post (February 19, 2018).
