JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN DOESN'T MEAN YOU SHOULD: RECONCILING ATTORNEY CONDUCT IN THE CONTEXT OF DEFAMATION WITH THE NEW PROFESSIONALISM.

The article discusses professional obligation of attorneys and reflects on the legal community's adherence to competence, advocacy and ethics. It describes three main obligations of lawyers including zealously representing the client, defending the judicial system and serving those who do not have access to the law. It highlights the application of absolute immunity in a defamation case Del Monaco v. Tray which is on writ of certiorari to the Florida Supreme Court.