Vt. Admin. Ord. Of. Sup. Ct. 2
Upon agreement of all parties to a civil proceeding subject to jury trial, the trial court may order that a jury trial be conducted pursuant to fully remote video proceedings.
The court and parties shall adhere to the protocols set forth in the Protocols for Remote Civil Jury Trials approved by the Vermont Supreme Court on August 3, 2021, as amended, with approval of the Vermont Supreme Court, from time to time. The parties may, by stipulation and upon the trial court's approval, deviate from an approved protocol. To the extent that any provision of the approved protocols is inconsistent with the Vermont Rules of Civil Procedure or any Administrative Order of this Court, those rules are hereby suspended for proceedings conducted pursuant to this Administrative Order. Prospective and seated jurors may use devices for remote trials notwithstanding V.R.C.P. 79.2(d)(5).
Pursuant to 12 V.S.A. § 1943, when the court has committed a cause to the jury's consideration, the jurors shall be joined in a virtual deliberation room. The court may swear in an operations assistant managing the virtual deliberation room or other court personnel to serve as the officer under whose care the jury deliberates.
Vt. Admin. Ord. Of. Sup. Ct. 2