Assistant Professor Rosa Newman recently became chair of the American Bar Association’s Real Property, Trusts, and Estates Section Legal Education Committee and a contributing editor of Property JOTWELL.
An Elon Law expert in real estate law is developing her influence in the field through new and continuing leadership roles with national and state organizations shaping property law.
Assistant Professor of Law Rosa Newman, whose scholarship focuses on housing and economic development law, was named chair of the American Bar Assocation’s Real Property, Trusts, and Estates (RPTE) Section Legal Education Committee on Sept. 1. In the role, Newman helps guide the section’s efforts to strengthen teaching and scholarship in property, trusts and estate law. The RPTE Section is one of the ABA’s largest professional communities, connecting lawyers, academics, and policy experts who advance best practices in areas affecting real property, housing, land use and wealth transfer. Newman previously served as the committee’s vice chair.
Additionally, Newman recently joined Property JOTWELL (the Journal of Things We Like Lots) as a contributing editor. She will highlight and review notable new scholarship in property law. The online publication features leading academics offering accessible insights into important developments in their fields, connecting practitioners, teachers and students to innovative legal research.
“I see my work with RPTE and Property JOTWELL as part of a larger effort to connect ideas to impact – elevating the kind of scholarship and dialogue that make property law more equitable, relevant, and responsive to how people actually live and build community,” Newman said.
Newman will also lend her scholarly expertise this fall to a symposium around housing insecurity. The second annual Law and the Prophets Symposium, “Neighboring in a Time of Need,” will examine housing insecurity in the Greensboro area from civic, legal and religious perspectives. The symposium is Nov. 6 at 5:30 p.m. in the fellowship hall of West Market Street United Methodist Church, at 302 W. Market Street in Greensboro, co-hosted by the church and Elon Law.
Newman joined the Elon Law faculty in 2022 after concluding her service as a Louis Westerfield Fellow at Loyola University New Orleans College of Law. Her legal research and teaching are focused primarily on property, land use, and business transactional law, with additional interest in affordable housing development.
Newman continues her service to the statewide legal community on the Trusts Drafting Committee of the North Carolina General Statutes Commission, which studies and recommends updates to the state’s trust laws to ensure clarity, consistency, and modernization.
Newman previously worked in the commercial real estate development field for several firms both in her hometown of Miami and in Charlotte, specializing in multilayered financing for mixed-income, multifamily housing developments in four states. She also has experience working for a Florida elder care law firm where she handled wills, trusts and estate matters.