Lawyers are notorious for using language that carries some comprehension challenges. When this “legalese” is directed to and understood by other lawyers, that use can be understandable, even if it is ...

Legalese has been frustrating and intimidating anyone not in possession of a law degree since time immemorial. Marked by a cosmic gumbo of antiquated language, mind-numbing repetition, and dense ...

Unless you are a law student or Latin aficionado, the foregoing list of legalese (i.e., legal jargon) probably does not mean much to you. In bygone eras, these types of phrases and antiquated adverbs ...

"I just think that it's a myth—that many of us have now dispelled—that we're writing for some far more sophisticated audience that has to have a law degree to understand it," says Tenth Circuit Judge ...

Lexico, the online collaboration between Dictionary.com and Oxford University Press, defines “legalese” as “the formal and technical language of legal documents that is often hard to understand.” I ...

When AI is deployed appropriately with proper oversight, it helps us make connections we couldn't see before. But teaching machines how to interpret “legalese” is nearly as challenging as the task it ...

Question: What do you get when you cross the Godfather with a lawyer? Answer: An offer you can't understand. The nature of our legal system, which is often referred to as a "common law" system, is ...