The 1995 award was presented June 7 during the annual State Bar Convention in Tucson.
Rubin, a New Times writer for ten years, frequently reports on judicial issues. Last year, he won a coveted Silver Gavel Award from the American Bar Association for his reporting on zero-down bankruptcy attorneys.
"Your competent and fair reporting on issues affecting lawyers and the legal profession and your participation on panel discussions regarding like matters, both at the Annual State Bar Conventions and for other organizations, are greatly appreciated," Bar President Michael D. Kimerer said of Rubin.
He is the first journalist to receive the State Bar award. Previous recipients are: Patricia J. Horgan and Karen E. Osborne (1994), Ken Campbell (1993), Thomas Tso (1992), Dean Paul Bender and Amelia Davis (1991), Sal Quijada and Pauline Urbano King (1990), and Governor Rose Mofford, former U.S. senator Barry Goldwater and KAET-TV Channel 8 (1989).
