This week hosts Juliette McIntyre and Douglas Guilfoyle discuss academic career advice, clashes in the South China Sea and Palestine before the ICJ. Recommendations include:

Douglas' 2012 pieces on doing a PhD in international law (https://www.ejiltalk.org/so-you-want-to-do-a-phd-in-international-law/; and https://www.ejiltalk.org/how-to-survive-a-phd-in-international-law/); and on mental health in academia (https://www.afronomicslaw.org/category/analysis/symposium-early-career-international-law-academia-mental-health-academia-some).

We also discuss the South China Sea arbitration (https://pcacases.com/web/sendAttach/2086) and coverage of recent developments in The Diplomat (https://thediplomat.com/tag/south-china-sea/).

Finally, Douglas is building a Lego cafe (https://twitter.com/djag2/status/1796306351163105746).