Sharon Shakargy

Sharon Shakargy is an associate professor, law faculty, at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, specializing in private international and interreligious law (conflict of laws), family law and comparative law. In her work, she studies the legal manifestations of identity and how they have changed over time. Shakargy’s research focuses on questions such as the cross-border regulation of marriage and divorce, the regulation of alternative spousal relationships, the recognition of non-romantic relationships, surrogacy agreements and the cross-border protection of people with disabilities. Some of her recent works were published in journals such as the Journal of Private International Law, the American Journal of Comparative Law, and the International Journal of Policy, Law and the Family.

Prior to joining the Hebrew University, Shakargy served as a visiting researcher at Harvard Law School, a Fulbright Scholar and Grotius Research Scholar at the University of Michigan Law School, and an academic visitor at the University of Oxford.

She is the co-founder and manager of the Israeli Family Law Forum, which is composed of legal academics, practitioners and judges, as well as several researchers from other relevant fields. Shakargy has also served as a public representative in the ethics committee of the Jerusalem branch of the Israeli Bar.