Clients have to put a lot of trust in the legal system, and they see lawyers as representatives of that system. So ever since practicing law re-became a way to make a living around the 12th century, ever since lawyers began to take money for their work, the legal system has insisted that lawyers be able to account to their clients about how they used money their clients gave them. In concept, that should be easy. To account is simply to say what happened...
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