American Bar Association Model Rules of Professional Conduct Rule 1.2(d):
A lawyer SHALL not counsel a client to engage, or assist a client, in conduct that the lawyer knows is criminal or fraudulent, but a lawyer may discuss the legal consequences of any proposed course of conduct with a client ....
每個州的法規和上麵的基本相同,稍有不同處也不可能和這個精神相悖。