Dining Policies and Schedule for 2023-2024

All meal plans will be billed in two segments: Fall Term and Winter/Spring Term.

Fall Term Meal Plans

Open selection period for meal plans begins on May 5, 2023, and ends at 4:00 PM on June 9, 2023, for Fall Term. Information regarding default meal plans can be found here. If you have extenuating circumstances, please contact the Director of Dining Services.

Note: Any specially approved change, due to extenuating circumstances, made after 4:00 PM on June 9, 2023, will be assessed a $50 administrative fee.

Winter/Spring Term Meal Plans

Open selection period for meal plans begins on October 10, 2023, and ends at 4:00 PM on October 30, 2023, for Winter/Spring Term. If you have extenuating circumstances, please contact the Director of Dining Services. Note that most students do not make changes during this period. If you do nothing, your fall meal plan will automatically be assigned again for winter/spring.

Note: Any specially approved change, due to extenuating circumstances, made after 4:00 PM on October 30, 2023, will be assessed a $50 administrative fee.

Fall Meal Plan Schedule

  • Begins
    • Undergraduate: Saturday, September 2, 2023, at Dinner
    • Law School: Monday, August 14, 2023
  • Thanksgiving Break (Undergraduate & Law)
    • Meals will end after dinner on Friday, November 17, 2023, and resume on Saturday, November 25, 2023.  The Marketplace will be open over break and will be available for those students who are on campus.
  • Ends
    • Undergraduate: After dinner on the last day of finals, Friday, December 15, 2023.
    • Law School: Monday, December 18, 2023.

Winter/Spring Meal Plan Schedule

  • Begins
    • Undergraduate: Saturday, January 6, 2024
    • Law School: Monday, January 8, 2024
  • February Break (Undergraduate & Law)
    • Meals will end after dinner on Friday, February 23, 2024, and resume on Saturday, March 2, 2024. The Marketplace will be open over break and will be available for those students who are on campus.
  • Spring Break (Undergraduate)
    • Undergraduate: Meals will end after dinner on Friday, April 19, 2024, and resume on Saturday, April 27, 2024. The Marketplace will be open over break and available for those students who are on campus.
  • Ends
    • Undergraduate: Saturday, May 25, 2024.
    • Law School: Friday, April 26, 2024.

Dining Meal Plan Additional Information

Meal Plan Flex Dollars must be used each semester as they do not carry over from Fall Term to Winter/Spring Term.

The First-Year Full Board Dining Plan permits the holder 24 meals per week in The Marketplace during normal operating hours. After The Marketplace closes in the evening, holders of this plan may use a meal swipe in Café 77, Fireside, or Foodside (a maximum or one meal exchange per after-hours period). The Full Board plan also includes ten guest meals per term.

All Upper-Division Meal Plans (Full, 20, 15, 10, 7 & 2) allow for meals to be used at any venue during normal operating hours. A meal swipe equates to one all-you-care-to-eat meal at either The Marketplace or Sorority Dining (for members and their guests), or a meal exchange at any retail venue. Breakfast will be exchanged at a value of $7.50. Brunch, lunch, and dinner will be exchanged at a value of $10.00. Meal exchanges are valid for scratch-made or bulk-dispensed products. Commercially pre-packaged items such as bottled beverages, candy bars, etc. are not eligible for purchase under meal exchange.

The Law 1000 Plan includes $500 in Meal Plan Flex Dollars each semester. Any funds not used during the Fall Semester will not carry over to Spring Semester.

The Law Campus Connection Plan includes $100 in Meal Plan Flex Dollars each semester. Any funds not used during the Fall Semester will not carry over to Spring Semester.

If you hold any meal plan, you may add tax-exempt Food Flex Dollars to your plan in $25 increments at any point during the academic year. Additional Food Flex Dollars added may be carried over from Fall Term to Winter/Spring Term but must be spent by the end of the academic year (in accordance with state law).

Students staying on campus and not taking a class for Spring Term may choose to keep their meal plan. In these cases, Dining Services will cover the required tax so you have easy access to food while you are on campus. Spring Option students will receive an email from Dining Services prior to the start of Spring Term requesting their preference on keeping or dropping their spring meal plan.

Virginia Law does not permit refunds of unused portions of your Meal Plan Flex Dollars or Food Flex Dollars. You should use all Meal Plan Flex funds by the end of each term and all Food Flex funds by the end of the academic year.