Concept of Law

I re-read Hart's Concept of Law recently.  One of the things that struck me was how well-written the book is.  The prose is clear and direct.  It is relatively easy to see where one disagrees because it is relatively easy to see what is being argued for and how.  A pleasure to read.  As almost all of philosophy is written work, and written work is the primary mode of communication for philosophy, it is a little odd that, as a group, the profession writes so poorly.  Maybe graduate work should include composition courses?  It would hardly hurt. 

Even lectures and colloquia are typically given by the speaker reading a paper.  The academic world is ripe for a number of competitive sports.  One could pit the sing-song bad poetry reading team against the the logicians' reading papers for the least comprehensible presentation.  Winner to take on the Art Critics.  And, on a separate track, economists against psychologists in a Power-Point playoff.