Function: The CSL is constituted as an advisory committee to the Dean of Students to address issues specifically concerning student life (e.g., questions of student self-government in the dormitories, issues referred to the Dean by the Judicial Hearing Board, etc.) and to help implement policies passed by the College Council or the Board of Trustees. The CSL may also refer issues to the College Council for consideration.

Membership: The Dean of Students will serve as chair, with the assistance of a student co-chair. There will be seven student members. The student co-chair will be elected by the student body, the CSA Senate will send two of its members, Resident Assistants will send one of their number. A CSA committee will select three others, one of whom must represent the first-year class. An Associate Dean of Students and one faculty member, elected at-large by the faculty for a two-year term, will complete the committee.

Procedure: The CSL will meet regularly and publish minutes of its meetings. Upon the initiative of either the CSL or the CSA Senate, issues under discussion at CSL may be brought to CSA Senate for reaction or ratification. Given the legal accountability of the Dean of Students, however, the final decision on any matter before the CSL must rest with the Dean rather than with the CSL or the CSA Senate.