Steven D. Leader, CRE EMERITUS, New York, N.Y., served as coach/panelist in the New York City Bar Association’s Basic Mediation Program: “Conflict Resolution Theory & Techniques.” The program covered essentials and procedures of mediation, providing attorneys the skills needed to effectively mediate through a combination of lectures, interactive exercises, and role-plays. Topics included: getting the mediation process started, organizing the discussion, generating movement, overcoming barriers to an agreement, concluding the mediation, and other practice issues.