Leslie Berkoff, a Partner and Chair of the Dispute Resolution Practice Group, was honored with an award from the New York State Bar Association Dispute Resolution Section in recognition of her ongoing commitment to the expansion and growth of the practice area of mediation.  Ms. Berkoff developed and launched the New York State Bar Association’s Annual Mediation Tournament and serves as its Executive Director. The Tournament is open to law schools and LLM students nationwide and enables three-member teams of law students to develop and display both advanced mediation and advocacy skills while participating as mediators, advocates and in-house client representatives.