Code of Civil Procedure Article 407

The judge shall designate the mediation session on his/her own initiative. The subsequent mediation session may be designated by the chief mediator or, absent a chief mediator, by the authorized mediator.The provisions of Article 156 and Article 159 shall apply mutatis mutandis to a judge's designation of a mediation session.The pleading for the mediation application or the court record of an oral application shall be served upon the opposing party along with the notice of a mediation session.The notice provided in the preceding paragraph shall bear a note on the legal effect of a failure to appear.