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 ....
每个州的法规和上面的基本相同,稍有不同处也不可能和这个精神相悖。