ASU Law's Art Hinshaw earns Conflict Prevention and Resolution Book Award

Published by the International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution.

The International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution (CPR Institute), a global nonprofit think tank focused on alternative dispute resolution (ADR), honored outstanding scholarship and practical achievement in the field during the 43rd Annual Awards Ceremony on Feb. 12 at the CPR Institute’s 2026 Annual Meeting in San Diego.

“The Annual Award recipients embody the very best of what the ADR field can achieve. Through their visionary thought leadership, powerful scholarship, and unwavering commitment to advancing dialogue, they are shaping a more informed, innovative, and accessible future for dispute resolution,” said Serena Lee, CPR Institute’s president and CEO. “Their contributions will inspire practitioners for years to come, lighting the path toward meaningful alternatives to litigation.”  

Lee presented the James F. Henry Award for outstanding achievement by individuals for distinguished, sustained contributions to the field of ADR to the Hon. Daniel Weinstein (Ret.). The award is named for CPR’s founder and longtime president and CEO, who was instrumental in developing business-focused ADR practices and institutions. 

Judge Weinstein, who co-founded JAMS, has shaped the field through his innovative work promoting peace worldwide, as well as through his philanthropy, mentorship, and teaching, inspiring generations of talented practitioners. He designed processes tailored to unique, complex, and highly sensitive cases, including international Alien Tort Statute claims and human rights matters. He created CASA (Class Action Settlement Administration), which was used for the Union Carbide settlement, African American farmers’ discrimination claims, and compensation and overtime claims in the retail industry.  

His most enduring legacy is the Weinstein JAMS International Fellowship Program, which identifies, trains, and supports conflict-resolution leaders from around the world, creating a global network dedicated to fostering peace. The Fellowship Program has trained more than 150 Fellows from over 90 countries.  

Judge Weinstein expressed his gratitude to the CPR Institute after receiving the award from Lee. “I feel like I’m here with a family of people cause CPR to me has always represented the kind of stability in the crazy world of mediation and conflict resolution that all of us have been involved in the last four decades, five decades,” Weinstein said. “So, I’m really honored to get your award, and I feel like I’m with comrades and friends here.” 

The CPR Institute’s Annual Awards program criteria focus on scholarship addressing the resolution, prevention, or creative management of major disputes involving public or business institutions, including disputes among corporations, between government and corporations, or among multiple parties. The review committee comprises judges and lawyers from leading corporations, top law firms, and academic institutions across the United States. 

The Outstanding Book Award was presented to the editors of Discussions in Dispute Resolution: The Coming of Age (2000–2009), (Oxford University Press 2025):  Art Hinshaw, Andrea Kupfer Schneider, and Sarah Rudolph Cole.

When the three professors accepted their awards, Hinshaw explained the significance of this honor in academia. “We academics consider this the Academy Awards of our field, and that’s not a joke. It is a career-defining moment,” he said. 

This second volume offers a retrospective examination of the field of alternative dispute resolution and advances understanding of core ADR concepts, including disputant autonomy, access to justice, equal justice, evolving perspectives on legal and legalistic processes, and the systemic effects of dispute resolution frameworks on both processes and participants. 

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