(CN) — Massachusetts Institute of Technology cognitive scientists believe they have uncovered the long sought answer to why legal documents are written in a style that makes them notoriously difficult ...

Prepare an outline or overview of the document before beginning to draft, laying out all key points and arguments. If analyzing caselaw, consider: preparing a table of cases, summarizing each case’s ...

New research from a team of cognitive scientists at MIT suggests that the confusing nature of legalese may serve a very specific purpose. Legalese has been frustrating and intimidating anyone not in ...

Legal documents are notoriously difficult to understand, even for lawyers. This raises the question: Why are these documents written in a style that makes them so impenetrable? MIT cognitive ...

AI evangelists have already tried using chatbots to write legal documents. You can guess how well that ended for them. Image: Alexander Limbach Can AI research and write a piece of legislation? Sure, ...

A new study on 'legalese' suggests this convoluted language acts to convey a sense of authority in legal documents. The researchers also found that even non-lawyers use legalese when asked to write ...