David O'Keeffe

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David O'Keeffe (1952-2007) was Emeritus Professor of European Law in the University of London. He was Professor of European Law at University College London (1993-2004) and Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Law.^[1] Best known for his large volume of published work on the law concerning migrant workers in the EU and European Social Law, he was a member of High Level Panel on the Free Movement of Workers established by the European Commission,^[2] chaired by Simone Veil and Vice-Chairman of a panel chaired by Lord Templeman culminating in a Report on immigration in the UK.^[1] He was also an academic organizer and administrator, establishing permanent centers for research and teaching on EU law. He founded two centers for the study of European Union Law: the Durham European Law Institute (University of Durham, U.K.) and the Centre for the Law of the European Union (University College London).^[1] Coordinator of numerous major international research projects^[3] and conferences, he co-founded the Irish Forum for European Law.^[4] He was also a co-founder and joint editor of the European Foreign Affairs Review.^[5] He was Professor of European Law and head of the Department of Law, University of Durham 1990-1993,^[1] and a visiting professor at numerous Universities including University College Dublin^[1] (Ireland), the University of Siena and the College of Europe in Bruges and Warsaw.^[6] He was a member of the editorial, advisory or scientific boards of a large number of journals specializing in EU Law, and wrote or edited over 200 academic publications specializing in EU law.^[6] Amongst the works with which he is most associated are Legal Issues of the Maastricht Treaty (Chancery Law Publishing, 1994) and Legal Issues of the Amsterdam Treaty (Hart, 1999). As a jurist, he was a realist and that tradition informed his interpretation and commentaries on EU law. He pleaded before the European Court of First Instance and the European Court of Justice^[7] (where he was a law clerk 1985-1990).^[1] He gave guest lectures in Universities all over Europe^[1].