Richard J. Sobelsohn
Sustainable Building Law
Commercial Leasing Law
Condominium and Cooperative Law
Climate Change Compliance
Articles & Essays
Carbon Emissions and Energy Benchmarking, 58 Indiana Law Review 295 (2024)
Keeping Your Eye on the ESG Sustainable Development Ball, 128 Dickinson Law Review 691 (2024)
The Ultimate Green Playbook for Condos and Coops, 37 Probate & Property 36 (2023)
Design Center Leasing - A Hybrid Approach, 32 Probate & Property 46 (2018)
Trends in Green Leasing: From the Early Days to Today, 30 Probate & Property 40 (2016)
Real Estate Documents Turn Green, 28 Probate & Property 19 (2014)
Green Leasing - It’s Not Just About Capital Expenditures, 27 Probate & Property 21 (2013)
Contributions to Books
Green Lease Provisions, in Negotiating and Drafting Office Leases (2019)
The Real Estate Owner's Perspective: Opportunities and Risks, in Legal Handbook For Architects, Engineers & Contractors (2010)
Presentations
Technology in Law Practice and in the Classroom, 15 Transactions – The Tennessee Journal of Business Law 705 (2014) (with Michael Bloom)
Shorter Works
What Attorneys Can Do To Help Clients Develop Sustainable Affordable Housing, New York State Bar Association (March 25, 2025)
Coops, Condos and COVID-19, New York State Bar Association Journal (Sept. 9, 2020)
What Works For Me (Part II), American College of Real Estate Lawyers News & Notes (June 2020)
What Works For Me, American College of Real Estate Lawyers News & Notes (Sept. 2019)
The Green Shopping Center - A Landlord or Tenant Endeavor, Shopping Center Legal Update (Apr. 2013)
How Colleges and Universities Can Turn Green Without Some of the Typical Pitfalls, Ó£ÌÒÊÓÆµ Practicum: Online Forum for Legal Writing (Feb. 2013)
The Green Shopping Center, Commercial Leasing Law & Strategy (Aug. 2012)
Are You Being Greenwashed?, 84 New York Bar Association Journal, June 2012, at 10 (with Devika Kewalramani)
The Greenwashing Domino Effect, Thomson Reuters News & Insight, (Feb. 2012)
Benefits and Burdens of Incorporating Renewable Energy Technologies in LEED-Certified Buildings, Bloomberg Law Reports (May 2011)