New Jersey Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct

Comment - Rule 1.2

The Court has adopted the recommendation of the Debevoise Committee, except to add to paragraph (d) the proscription against an attorney counseling or assisting a client in conduct that the attorney knows is illegal (rather than just either "criminal or fraudulent"). This role thus emphasizes that no attorney-client privilege or confidential relationship permits an attorney to participate in a corrupt or fraudulent scheme of a client. See RPC 1.6.