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ONLINE APPLICATION STATUS NOTIFICATIONS

Within 24 hours of receiving your application,* we will email you with instructions to log in to your online status page. You will need to log in with your LSAC JD credentials. Until your current status indicates that your application is “Complete,” we cannot forward your application to the Admissions Committee. We will email you when the Admissions Committee has made a decision and update your online status to “Reviewed.”

*Please also check your email Spam folder for the email from lawadm@hawaii.edu.

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ReceivedWe have received your application. We sent you an application acknowledgment email with a link to your online status page. Please give us several weekdays to process your application and update your current status to “Complete” or “Incomplete.”
IncompleteYour application is incomplete. Please check the requirements list below on your online status page to determine which items are missing.
CompleteYour application is complete and will be (or has been) forwarded to the Admissions Committee. Over time, you may notice that the Current Status Date will change even though your Current Status does not. These changes are not associated with the Committee’s decision. 
Hold for Future LSAT ScoreYour application is complete, but you have asked us to wait until we receive a future LSAT score to review your file. If you change your mind, please email lawadm@hawaii.edu.
Missing Writing SamplePlease complete your writing sample as soon as possible. In many cases, LSAT Writing samples will be processed within a week of when you completed them. However, please allow LSAC three weeks to process your writing sample before they include it in a Law School Report. For more information, please visit the LSAC website for LSAT Writing Sample FAQs
Withdrawn by ApplicantAt your request, we withdrew your application from consideration.
Incomplete & WithdrawnYou did not complete your application before the final June 1 deadline. The Law School may exclude from consideration any application submitted after June 1 or any incomplete application that is incomplete.
ReviewedThe Admissions Committee made a decision about your application. Please check your email for a message from us. See Reapplying for more information.

REQUIREMENTS LIST

We will check off requirements on your online status page  as you meet them. Empty boxes indicate missing requirements.

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 Review your application in your LSAC account. If you previously attended another law school, you must: 1) email a detailed explanation of why you interrupted your studies to lawadm@hawaii.edu (if you did not include one with your application); 2) have your law school transcript sent to LSAC; and 3) have a letter of good standing sent directly to the Law School.
Initial CAS Report from LSACLog into your LSAC account to find out why we have not received your initial CAS report. NOTE: Your CAS report must be complete before LSAC will forward it to us. Complete CAS reports include all bachelor’s level transcripts, at least one reportable LSAT score, and two or three letters of recommendation. See LSAC Credential Assembly Service.  If you are applying with a GRE score instead of an LSAT, we will request your CAS report from LSAC (all bachelor’s level transcripts, two or three letters of recommendation).

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