Association The Association shall have the following powers and responsibilities: 1/ Supervise continuing legal training, cause the implementation of the provisions of this Proclamation on continued legal training; 2/ Accredit those institutions who offer continuing legal training; 3/ Take appropriate measures on those institutions who offer legal training and violate the provisions of this Proclamation and other relevant laws; 4/ Issue and implement a Directive on the payment of tuition related with continuing legal training; 5/ Prepare and present a Directive concerning the administration of trust account to the General Meeting; and implement same when it is approved; 6/ Cause audit investigation, at any time on any trust account, to monitor and ensure whether a trust account is properly managed; 7/ Receive complaints of clients in relation to trust account management, interrogate and investigate any person; 8/ Refer cases of mismanagement of trust account to the Attorney General for action before the Discipline Committee; 9/ Draft a Directive concerning the usage of interest and any income generated from trust account and implement same when it is approved by the General Meeting; 10/ Perform other activities, in relation to trust account, given to the Association in other provisions of this Proclamation; 11/ Offer trainings or cause to be offered continuing legal training, with the view to create awareness, on the meaning of trust account, accounting, reporting and precautionary measures that have to be taken in relation to trust account; 12/ Ensure that the interests of clients are respected and follow up whether advocates’ rights, which have implications on ensuring clients’ rights as well, have been protected and respected; 13/ Contribute to the advancement and development of quality of law education, rule of law, enforcement of human rights and the profession of advocacy service and the Ethiopian legal system as a whole; 14/ Make study with regard to advocacy service, implement the study and submit same to the concerned body and monitor the implementation; 15/ Monitor whether the members of the Association are providing advocacy service in compliance with this Proclamation, other relevant laws and Directives.