C.A.L.T. POLICY ON SPECIAL PROJECTS
	I. INTRODUCTION
	1.1 - As a national organization of law teachers, the Association should make a contribution to the study and resolution of matters of national concern. This contribution may be made in a variety of ways including carrying out special projects that include detailed study and thorough consideration of topics of particular importance and about which the Association can bring an especially valuable perspective. With this in mind, this policy is to set out guidelines for the selection of such special projects, the methods by which they should be carried out and related matters of finance and administration.
	II. PROCEDURE FOR SELECTION
	2.1 - Special projects shall be selected by the members at an Annual General Meeting. Any member of the Association may prepare a special project and, absent compelling reasons to the contrary, all such proposals should be forwarded to the President and studied by the Executive prior to consideration by the Annual General Meeting. The Executive shall put before the next Annual General Meeting all such proposals along with its recommendations concerning which, if any proposals should be adopted.
	III. CRITERIA FOR SELECTION
	3.1 - Generally, topics for special projects should be of national concern and of interest to both common law and civil law colleagues. Matters that are central to law teaching and scholarship normally should be given priority. The following particular matters should be considered:
	i) the extent to which the issue is being addressed by other bodies and to which law teachers have the opportunity to offer their views to these other bodies;     ii) the extent to which law teachers are likely to have unique or distinctive views about the issue which may not be reflected adequately unless a special project is initiated;     iii) the extent to which the views of law teachers are likely to have influence or otherwise meaningfully contribute to the debate;     iv) the practicality of the project given resources actually or probably available.
	IV. COMPOSITION AND OPERATION OF THE COMMITTEE
	4.1 - Normally, special projects shall be carried out by a special committee appointed by the Executive.
	4.2 - Normally, a member of the Executive shall be a member of a special committee.
	4.3 - The Chairperson of a special committee shall be appointed by the Executive and shall report regularly to the Executive.
	4.4 - The Executive shall be responsible for overseeing generally the work of a special committee.
	V. FUNDING
	5.1 - Funding of special projects shall be the joint responsibility of the Executive and the special committee. In commenting on any proposed special project, the Executive shall set out its views on the likelihood of adequate funding being available.
	5.2 - Generally speaking, the Association will be able to provide only seed money from its own resources. Special projects will have to attract other sources of funding. Such sources my include:
	i) governmental, professional and private granting agencies;     ii) special levies on the membership of the Association if approved by the members at an Annual General Meeting;     iii) institutional support (e.g. universities).