Vermont Statutes Title 12. Court Procedure, § 5714. Scope

(1) the parties are required to mediate by statute or court or administrative agency rule, or referred to mediation by a court, administrative agency, or arbitrator;

(2) the parties and the mediator agree to mediate in a record that demonstrates an expectation that mediation communications will be privileged against disclosure;  or

(3) the parties utilize as a mediator a person that holds himself or herself out as providing mediation services.

(1) relating to the establishment, negotiation, administration, or termination of a collective bargaining relationship;

(2) relating to a dispute that is pending under or is part of the processes established by a collective bargaining agreement, except that this chapter applies to a mediation arising out of such a dispute that has been filed with a court or with a public agency other than the federal Mediation and Conciliation Service or the Vermont Labor Relations Board;

(3) conducted under the auspices of a primary or secondary school where all the parties are students, or under the auspices of a correctional institution for youths where all the parties are residents of that institution;  or

(4) conducted by a judge who might make a ruling on the case.