1.Take challenging composition courses (not just creative writing courses, but classes in journalism, technical writing, etc.) so that you can "speak" journalese, UNese, legalese, etc.
14.When you don't have a great local paper, voters are left stranded at the polls, confused, trying to make their best guess based on a paragraph of legalese.
15.Perhaps legalese is a form of " in-group signalling" -behaviour used to signal belonging to a group, such as religious iconography or flag-waving at sports events, and aimed at fellow lawyers rather than clients?