Ruth is a graduate of the Law Faculty – Tel-Aviv University (LL.B., 1997), and the Hebrew University, Jerusalem (LL.D., 2004). She was previously a visiting scholar at the Center for the Study of Law and Society in 2006-2007. Her research focuses on family law, especially the status of children in the family, parenthood definition and the legal ramifications of Assisted Reproductive Technology. She is currently working on two research projects, one that deals with International Surrogacy and the other that examines the status of siblings (and so called “half siblings” and “step siblings’) in diverse families. (8/17-7/18) rzafran@idc.ac.il